Foxtail 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 455 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Also known as: “Foxtail peak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blechnum Peaks and Ruby Peak.
Blechnum Peaks
Peak
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.
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…
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 10 km north of Foxtail Peak.
Foxtail Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.22904° or 54° 13′ 45″ southLongitude
-36.6917° or 36° 41′ 30″ westElevation
455 metres (1,493 feet)Open location code
39Q5Q8C5+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 9093894433OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Foxtail Peak” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “狐尾峰”
- Dutch: “Foxtail Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فوكستايل پياك”
- German: “Foxtail Peak”
- Ladin: “Foxtail Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Foxtail Peak”
- Spanish: “Pico Cola de Zorro”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Olsen Valley and Gullbrandsen Lake Valley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alepecurus Peak and Carlita Island.
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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 “Foxtail Peak”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.