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.Places of Interest
Highlights: Mount Krokisius and Binary Peaks.
Mount Krokisius
Peak
Mount Krokisius is a mountain 0.6 nautical miles northeast 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.
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
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Latitude
-54.49276° or 54° 29′ 34″ south
Longitude
-36.06946° or 36° 4′ 10″ west
Elevation
346 metres (1,135 feet)
Open location code
39Q5GW4J+V6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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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”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Moltke Station and Köppen Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Whale Valley and Coffin Top.
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