Mount Woodward

Mount Woodward is a mountain, 770 m, standing 1.5 miles east of the mouth of on the north coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Roswall Woodward, of New Haven, , who in 1790 commanded one of the first two American sealing vessels to visit South Georgia.
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Mount Woodward

Latitude
-54.09707° or 54° 5′ 49″ south
Longitude
-36.89625° or 36° 53′ 47″ west
Elevation
633 metres (2,077 feet)
Open location code
39Q5W433+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9128777030
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
10787641
Wiki­data ID
Q6924659
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Mount Woodward” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 伍德沃山
  • Dutch: Mount Woodward
  • German: Mount Woodward
  • Ladin: Mount Woodward
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mount Woodward
  • Spanish: Monte Woodward

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