Brocken
Brocken is a mountain rising over 610 metres close southwest of Calf Head on the north side of South Georgia. It was named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, after the Brocken, the highest mountain in central Germany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Krokisius and Binary Peaks.
Mount Krokisius
Peak
Mount Krokisius is a mountain 0.6 nautical miles northeast of Moltke Harbor, South Georgia. Named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, for Corvette Captain Ferdinand Krokisius, commander of the Marie, one of the two ships of the expedition.
Binary Peaks
Peak
Binary Peaks is a steep pinnacle covered with snow with two snow-free and therefore conspicuous summits, situated 1.5 nautical miles northwest of Mount Krokisius and 2 nautical miles north-northwest of Moltke Harbor, South Georgia.
Pirner Peak
Peak
Pirner Peak is a peak 0.7 nautical miles northwest of Pirner Point, Royal Bay, South Georgia. Surveyed by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, and named by them for Captain Pirner of the expedition ship Moltke.
Brocken
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 346 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.49276° or 54° 29′ 34″ southLongitude
-36.06946° or 36° 4′ 10″ westElevation
346 metres (1,135 feet)Open location code
39Q5GW4J+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 9093034533OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Brocken from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Spanish—“Brocken” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Brockn (Sidgeorgien)”
- Bavarian: “Brockn”
- Dutch: “Brocken”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بروكين”
- German: “Brocken”
- Ladin: “Brocken”
- Low German: “Brocken (Süüdgeorgien)”
- Low German: “Brocken”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brocken på Sør-Georgia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brocken”
- Spanish: “Monte Brocken”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Brocken”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Moltke Station and Köppen Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whale Valley and Coffin Top.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Grytviken and South Georgia Island.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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 “Brocken”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.