Roché Peak
Roché Peak is a conspicuous peak rising to 365 metres, the highest feature on Bird Island, South Georgia. It stands 1.6 kilometres west of the east extremity of the island.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 365 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Also known as: “Bird Peak” and “Roche Peak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gazella Peak and Gony Point.
Gazella Peak
Peak
Gazella Peak is a peak rising over 120 metres between Roche Peak and the Cordall Stacks on the north side of Bird Island, South Georgia. It was charted by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 after the species name of the Antarctic fur seal, which breeds in considerable numbers on Bird Island.
Gony Point
Peak
Gony Point is a high tussock-covered point 0.5 miles southwest of Cardno Point, on the southeast side of Bird Island, South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963.
Square Rock
Square Rock is a rock lying 0.3 nautical miles west of Cape Alexandra, at the west end of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1938 British Admiralty chart. This article incorporates public domain material from…Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cordall Stacks and Pio Point.
Cordall Stacks
Locality
The Cordall Stacks are two conspicuous rock stacks, the eastern one joined to Bird Island, South Georgia, by a low isthmus, lying on the northwest side of the island 0.3 nautical miles northwest of Jordan Cove.
Pio Point
Locality
Pio Point is a point forming the north side of the entrance to Johnson Cove at the west end of Bird Island, South Georgia. Roughly charted by DI personnel on the Discovery in the period 1926-30 and surveyed by HMS Owen in 1960–61.
Pyramid Point
Locality
Elsehul is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Elsehul is approximately 0.5 miles wide, and is separated from nearby Undine Harbour by the narrow Survey Isthmus.
Roché Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.00221° or 54° 0′ 8″ southLongitude
-38.03406° or 38° 2′ 3″ westElevation
365 metres (1,198 feet)Open location code
39Q3XXX8+49OpenStreetMap ID
node 1827480590OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Roché Peak” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “pic Roché”
- Chinese: “羅奇峰”
- Dutch: “Roché Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل روتش پياك”
- German: “Roché Peak”
- Ladin: “Roché Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Roché Peak”
- Spanish: “Pico Roche”
- Spanish: “Pico Roché”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Skua Ponds and Tickell Peak.
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