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.- Peak rising to 692 metres (2,270 feet)
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
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Brocken
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- 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
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.
BrocknBavarian
Brockn (Sidgeorgien)Bavarian
BrockenDutch
جبل بروكينEgyptian Arabic
BrockenLadin
BrockenLow German
Brocken (Süüdgeorgien)Low German
BrockenNorwegian Nynorsk
Brocken på Sør-GeorgiaNorwegian Nynorsk
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