Binnie Peaks
| Binnie Peaks | ||
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| height | 1399 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 2 ′ 51 ″ S , 37 ° 52 ′ 4 ″ W | |
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The Binnie Peaks are a 1399 m high mountain with two peaks near the western end of South Georgia . They tower north of Romerof Head and west of Schlieper Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1982 after Edward Beveridge Binnie (1884-1956), who succeeded James Innes Wilson as the second resident magistrate of the United Kingdom on South Georgia from 1914 to 1927.
Web links
- Binnie peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Binnie Peaks on geographic.org (English)