Wilckens Peaks
The Wilckens Peaks are a group of mountain peaks, the highest 1,375 m, in the form of an arc which extends from the north side of Keilhau Glacier to the north side of Neumayer Glacier in South Georgia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stanley Peak.
Stanley Peak
Peak
Stanley Peak is a central summit in the Wilckens Peaks, rising to 1,265 m at the head of Fortuna Glacier, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Lieutenant Commander Ian Stanley, Royal Navy, a helicopter pilot from HMS Antrim, who carried out a rescue operation in bad weather after two helicopters had crashed on Fortuna Glacier, 21 April 1982.
Wilckens Peaks
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,027 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 Chinese to Venetian—“Wilckens Peaks” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “威爾肯斯峰”
- Dutch: “Wilckens Peaks”
- German: “Wilckenskette”
- Hebrew: “פסגות וילקנס”
- Italian: “Wilckens Peaks”
- Ladin: “Wilckens Peaks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wilckens Peaks”
- Spanish: “Picos Wilckens”
- Venetian: “Wilckens Peaks”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Peruque Point and Hodson Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kohl Plateau and Zigzag Pass.
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