Cumberland Ridge
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| location | South Georgia | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 11 ′ S , 36 ° 31 ′ W | |
Cumberland Ridge is an S-shaped mountain ridge on the Lewin Peninsula in the north of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It consists of six peaks between 216 and 343 m and extends from the mountain pass The Crutch to Larsen Point on the west side of the entrance to Cumberland Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2013 based on the naming of the neighboring bay. Its namesake is Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745–1790), the brother of the British monarch George III.
Web links
- Cumberland Ridge . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)