Mount Holdgate

Mount Holdgate is a prominent mountain, 960 metres high, with steep icefalls and rock buttresses which provides a clear landmark at the southeast end of in the South Sandwich Islands.
Wikipedia
Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cook Island and Mount Harmer.

Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is the central and largest island of the island group, part of the in the far south Atlantic Ocean. Southern Thule was discovered by a British expedition under Captain James Cook in 1775.

Peak
is an ice-covered peak, 1,115 metres high, in the north-central portion of , in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II, who named it for Sir Sidney F.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corbeta Uruguay base.

Locality
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was an Argentine military outpost established in November 1976 on , , in the South Sandwich Islands. It was vacated and mostly demolished in 1982 following Britain's victory against Argentina in the Falklands War. is situated 8 km west of Mount Holdgate.

Mount Holdgate

Latitude
-59.45212° or 59° 27′ 8″ south
Longitude
-27.16569° or 27° 9′ 57″ west
Elevation
960 metres (3,150 feet)
Open location code
39GJGRXM+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9255783859
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
10787630
Wiki­data ID
Q6921221
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Holdgate from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Mount Holdgate” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “霍爾德蓋特山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Holdgate”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت هولدجات”
  • German: “Mount Holdgate”
  • Ladin: “Mount Holdgate”
  • Low German: “Mount Holdgate”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Holdgate”
  • Spanish: “Monte Holdgate”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bellingshausen Island and Twitcher Rock.

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