Buddington Peak
| Buddington Peak | ||
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| height | 235 m | |
| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 11 '46 " S , 58 ° 47' 43" W | |
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The Buddington peak (in Argentina Monte Gómez ) is a 235 m high mountain in the southwest of King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It looms between Collins Harbor and Marian Cove .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1960 after the British sealers James Waterman Buddington (1839-1928), of the South Shetland Islands in the 1870s and last visited the late 1880s and since 1871 to revive the seal hunt by the United States contributed . Namesake of the name valid in Argentina is a sailor of the corvette Uruguay , who was involved in the rescue of participants of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903) from the Paulet Island .
Web links
- Buddington peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Buddington Peak on geographic.org (English)