Murphy Wall
Murphy Wall is a series of north–south trending peaks, the highest 905 m, resembling a wall along the west side of Grace Glacier on the north side of South Georgia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grace Glacier and Clayton Glacier.
Grace Glacier
Glacier
The Bay of Isles is a bay 9 miles wide and 3 miles deep, lying between Cape Buller and Cape Wilson 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.
Clayton Glacier
Glacier
The Bay of Isles is a bay 9 miles wide and 3 miles deep, lying between Cape Buller and Cape Wilson 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.
Mount Ashley
Peak
Mount Ashley is a mountain, 1,155 metres high, standing south of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, between the heads of Grace Glacier and Lucas Glacier. Salisbury Plain is nearby. Mount Ashley is situated 4 km southeast of Murphy Wall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salisbury Plain.
Salisbury Plain
Locality
Photo: Pismire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salisbury Plain is a broad coastal plain found with the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia. It lies between the mouths of Grace and Lucas glaciers on the southern coast of the bay, with Mount Ashley south of it. Salisbury Plain is situated 4 km east of Murphy Wall.
Murphy Wall
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 450 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Murphy Wall” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Murphy Wall”
- German: “Murphy Wall”
- Ladin: “Murphy Wall”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Murphy Wall”
- Spanish: “Picos Murphy”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Paul Beach and Ample Bay.
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