Gazella Peak
Gazella Peak is a peak rising over 120 metres between Roche Peak and the Cordall Stacks on the north side of Bird Island, South Georgia. It was charted by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 after the species name of the Antarctic fur seal, which breeds in considerable numbers on Bird Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Roché Peak and Stejneger Peak.
Roché Peak
Peak
Roché Peak is a conspicuous peak rising to 365 metres, the highest feature on Bird Island, South Georgia. It stands 1.6 kilometres west of the east extremity of the island.
Stejneger Peak
Peak
Stejneger Peak is a conspicuous rocky peak, 190 m, at the head of Evermann Cove on Bird Island, South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Biological Expedition, 1958–59.
Gony Point
Peak
Gony Point is a high tussock-covered point 0.5 miles southwest of Cardno Point, on the southeast side of Bird Island, South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cordall Stacks and Pio Point.
Cordall Stacks
Locality
The Cordall Stacks are two conspicuous rock stacks, the eastern one joined to Bird Island, South Georgia, by a low isthmus, lying on the northwest side of the island 0.3 nautical miles northwest of Jordan Cove.
Pio Point
Locality
Pio Point is a point forming the north side of the entrance to Johnson Cove at the west end of Bird Island, South Georgia. Roughly charted by DI personnel on the Discovery in the period 1926-30 and surveyed by HMS Owen in 1960–61.
Pyramid Point
Locality
Elsehul is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Elsehul is approximately 0.5 miles wide, and is separated from nearby Undine Harbour by the narrow Survey Isthmus.
Gazella Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 120 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.00252° or 54° 0′ 9″ southLongitude
-38.04642° or 38° 2′ 47″ westElevation
120 metres (394 feet)Open location code
39Q3XXW3+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3384361362OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Gazella Peak” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “加澤拉峰”
- Dutch: “Gazella Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جازيلا پياك”
- German: “Gazella Peak”
- Ladin: “Gazella Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gazella Peak”
- Spanish: “Pico Gazella”
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