Harper 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Atherton Peak and Mount Antell.
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.
Mount Antell
Peak
Mount Antell is a mountain rising above 610 metres, overlooking the north coast of South Georgia midway between Bjelland Point and Hercules Point. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Georg Antell, foreman of the South Georgia Whaling Company station at nearby Leith Harbour, 1913–39.
Fortuna Peak
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.
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.
Harper Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 785 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.12082° or 54° 7′ 15″ southLongitude
-36.74475° or 36° 44′ 41″ westElevation
785 metres (2,575 feet)Open location code
39Q5V7H4+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1826053120OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Harper Peak” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “哈珀峰”
- Dutch: “Harper Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هارپير پياك”
- German: “Harper Peak”
- Ladin: “Harper Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Harper Peak”
- Spanish: “Pico Harper”
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