Fortuna Peak
Fortuna Peak is a peak, 385 metres high, standing at the east side of Fortuna Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart, and is probably in association with Fortuna Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Atherton Peak and Harper Peak.
Atherton Peak
Peak
Atherton Peak is a peak rising to about 500 metres east of Fortuna Bay, South Georgia. It was charted by Discovery Investigations, 1929–30, and named after Noel Atherton, cartographer in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at the time, later chief Civil Hydrographic Officer, 1951–62.
Harper Peak
Peak
Harper Peak is a peak, 785 metres high, standing east of Fortuna Peak and Fortuna Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.
Best Peak
Peak
Best Peak is a peak, 600 metres high, standing southwest of Illusion Point, Fortuna Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith Harbour and Husvik.
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.
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. Husvik is situated 8 km southeast of Fortuna Peak.
Fortuna Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 385 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.11938° or 54° 7′ 10″ southLongitude
-36.77828° or 36° 46′ 42″ westElevation
385 metres (1,263 feet)Open location code
39Q5V6JC+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 9128776488OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Fortuna Peak” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “福爾圖納峰”
- Dutch: “Fortuna Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فورتونا پياك”
- German: “Fortuna Peak”
- Ladin: “Fortuna Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fortuna Peak”
- Spanish: “Pico Fortuna”
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