Swinhoe Peak
Swinhoe Peak is a peak, 845 m high, standing between Hamberg Glacier and Hestesletten on the north side of South Georgia. The peak was mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–03, under Nordenskjold.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hamberg Glacier.
Hamberg Glacier
Glacier
Photo: National Maritime Museum, No restrictions.
Hamberg Glacier is a glacier which flows in an east-northeasterly direction from the northeast side of Mount Sugartop to the west side of the head of Moraine Fjord, South Georgia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Discovery Point and King Edward Point.
Discovery Point
Locality
Moraine Fjord is an inlet 3.5 nautical miles long with a reef extending across its entrance, forming the west head of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia.
King Edward Point
Village
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grytviken is a former whaling station on South Georgia Island. It was founded in 1904 as it had the best harbour on this storm-wracked island, with flat ice-free terrain and a fresh water supply.
Grytviken
Photo: Jens Bludau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grytviken is a former whaling station on South Georgia Island. It was founded in 1904 as it had the best harbour on this storm-wracked island, with flat ice-free terrain and a fresh water supply.
Swinhoe Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 845 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.3442° or 54° 20′ 39″ southLongitude
-36.51882° or 36° 31′ 8″ westElevation
845 metres (2,772 feet)Open location code
39Q5MF4J+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 9154206987OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Swinhoe Peak” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “斯溫霍峰”
- Dutch: “Swinhoe Peak”
- German: “Swinhoe Peak”
- Ladin: “Swinhoe Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Swinhoe Peak”
- Spanish: “Pico Swinhoe”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sudan Beach and Hestesletten.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Osmic Hill and 589.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Swinhoe Peak”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.