Islands
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands

Hay Peak

Hay Peak is a peak rising to 660 metres at the head of in , South Georgia. It was charted and descriptively named "The Snow Pap" by the Discovery Investigations in 1929, but subsequently deleted.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 660 metres
  • Description: mountain in South Georgia
  • Also known as: “The Snow Pap”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brutus Island and Austin Glacier.

Islet
is a small lying near the center of on the north coast of South Georgia. The descriptive name Saddle Island was given for this feature, probably by a British expedition under Ernest Shackleton, 1921–22, but the same name is used elsewhere in the Antarctic; to avoid confusion a new name has been approved for this feature.

Glacier
The Bay of Isles is a bay 9 miles wide and 3 miles deep, lying between and along the north coast of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook and so named by him because numerous islands lie in the bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dinghy Point and Prince Olav Harbour.

Locality
Prince Olav Harbour is a small harbour in the south west portion of , entered between Point Abrahamsen and Sheep Point, along the north coast of South Georgia.

Locality
is a small harbour in the south west portion of , entered between Point Abrahamsen and Sheep Point, along the north coast of South Georgia.

Locality
Prince Olav Harbour is a small harbour in the south west portion of , entered between Point Abrahamsen and , along the north coast of South Georgia.

Hay Peak

Latitude
-54.07658° or 54° 4′ 36″ south
Longitude
-37.16676° or 37° 10′ 0″ west
Elevation
660 metres (2,165 feet)
Open location code
39Q4WRFM+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9128076670
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
10787543
Wiki­data ID
Q5685846
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Satellite Map

Discover Hay Peak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Hay Peak” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “赫峰”
  • Dutch: “Hay Peak”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هاى پياك”
  • German: “Hay Peak”
  • Ladin: “Hay Peak”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hay Peak”
  • Spanish: “Pico Hay”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Possession Bay and Restitution Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Prince Olav Harbour Cemetery and Office and slop chest.

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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 “Hay Peak”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.