Coffin mountain
| Coffin mountain | ||
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| height | 745 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 30 ′ 22 ″ S , 36 ° 8 ′ 8 ″ W | |
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The Sarg-Berg ( English Coffin Top ) is a 745 m (according to British data 740 m ) high mountain with a flattened summit on the north coast of South Georgia . It rises 2.2 km east-northeast of Mount Fagan and 2.6 km northwest of Moltke harbor .
A German research group mapped the mountain and named it descriptively during the First International Polar Year (1882-1883). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this name into English in 1954.
Web links
- Coffin Top in Names Geographic Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Coffin Top on geographic.org (English)