Mills Peak
Mills Peak is a peak 1 nautical mile southwest of Cape Douglas, rising to 625 metres in the northern portion of Barff Peninsula, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1988 for Lieutenant Keith Mills, commander of the Royal Marines platoon at King Edward Point at the Battle of Grytviken between the United Kingdom and Argentina, April 3, 1982.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include O’Connor Peak.
O’Connor Peak
Peak
O'Connor Peak is a mountain peak, 675 m, standing west of Long Point on Barff Peninsula, South Georgia. Charted by a Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1927–28, and named Mount Bryde.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Discovery Point and King Edward Point.
Discovery Point
Locality
Moraine Fjord is an inlet 3.5 nautical miles long with a reef extending across its entrance, forming the west head of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. Discovery Point is situated 9 km southwest of Mills Peak.
King Edward Point
Village
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grytviken is a former whaling station on South Georgia Island. It was founded in 1904 as it had the best harbour on this storm-wracked island, with flat ice-free terrain and a fresh water supply. King Edward Point is situated 9 km west of Mills Peak.
Grytviken
Photo: Jens Bludau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grytviken is a former whaling station on South Georgia Island. It was founded in 1904 as it had the best harbour on this storm-wracked island, with flat ice-free terrain and a fresh water supply.
Mills Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 143 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.27607° or 54° 16′ 34″ southLongitude
-36.3561° or 36° 21′ 22″ westElevation
143 metres (469 feet)Open location code
39Q5PJFV+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 9085131095OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Mills Peak” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “米爾斯峰”
- Dutch: “Mills Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ميلس پياك”
- German: “Mills Peak”
- Ladin: “Mills Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mills Peak på Sør-Georgia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mills Peak”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chinn Pass and Lurcock Lake.
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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 “Mills Peak”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.