Stejneger Peak
Stejneger Peak is a conspicuous rocky peak, 190 m, at the head of Evermann Cove on Bird Island, South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Biological Expedition, 1958–59.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 190 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Also known as: “Tonk Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Molly Hill and Gazella Peak.
Molly Hill
Peak
Molly Hill is a hill between Evermann Cove and Johnson Cove on western Bird Island, South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the black-browed albatross or "mollymawk" which breeds on the hill in large numbers.
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.
Barracouta Rock
Jordan Cove is a small cove which is the principal indentation in the south side of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia, near Antarctica. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period of 1951–57.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.
Stejneger Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.01033° or 54° 0′ 37″ southLongitude
-38.06386° or 38° 3′ 50″ westElevation
190 metres (623 feet)Open location code
39Q3XWQP+VFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3384362587OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Stejneger Peak” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “史丹吉峰”
- Dutch: “Stejneger Peak”
- German: “Stejneger Peak”
- Ladin: “Stejneger Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stejneger Peak”
- Spanish: “Pico Stejneger”
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