Blechnum Peaks
Blechnum Peaks are three peaks, the highest 640 metres high, on the north–south ridge between Gulbrandsen Lake and Olsen Valley on the north coast of South Georgia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Foxtail Peak and Ruby Peak.
Foxtail Peak
Peak
Foxtail Peak is a peak, 455 metres high, on the north side of Neumayer Glacier, 2 nautical miles west of Carlita Bay, South Georgia. It was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld.
Ruby Peak
Peak
Ruby Peak is a peak rising on the east side of Olsen Valley to the southwest of Jason Peak, South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart. This article incorporates public domain material from…
McIlroy Peak
Peak
McIlroy Peak is a peak rising to 745 metres west of Husvik Harbour and 0.8 nautical miles south of Mount Barren, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 after Dr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Husvik and Leith Harbour.
Husvik
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in Stromness Bay, the other two being Stromness and Leith Harbour.
Leith Harbour
Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
Leith Harbour, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh. Leith Harbour is situated 8 km north of Blechnum Peaks.
Blechnum Peaks
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 541 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.20795° or 54° 12′ 29″ southLongitude
-36.71411° or 36° 42′ 51″ westElevation
541 metres (1,775 feet)Open location code
39Q5Q7RP+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 9093894434OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Blechnum Peaks” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “布萊奇納姆峰”
- Dutch: “Blechnum Peaks”
- German: “Blechnum Peaks”
- Ladin: “Blechnum Peaks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blechnum Peaks”
- Spanish: “Picos Blechnum”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gullbrandsen Lake Valley and Olsen Valley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pohlia Falls and Husvik Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blechnum Peaks”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.