Brocken (South Georgia)

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height 610  m
location South Georgia
Coordinates 54 ° 29 ′ 35 ″  S , 36 ° 4 ′ 6 ″  W Coordinates: 54 ° 29 ′ 35 ″  S , 36 ° 4 ′ 6 ″  W
Brocken (South Georgia) (South Georgia)
Brocken (South Georgia)

The Brocken is a 610  m high mountain on the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It rises southwest of Calf Head on the north side of the island.

The group of German participants in the first International Polar Year (1882–1883) named the Brocken after the mountain of the same name in Germany .

Individual evidence

  1. Brocken ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved January 25, 2015.