Douglas Crag
| Douglas Crag | ||
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| height | 1670 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | Salvesen Range | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 45 '50 " S , 36 ° 0' 44" W | |
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The Douglas Crag is a 1,670 m high, cliff-like mountain in the southeast of South Georgia . It rises 1.5 km southeast of Mount Macklin at the southern end of the Salvesen Range .
The South Georgia Survey mapped it as part of its 1951-1957 survey of South Georgia. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the Canadian geologist George Vibert Douglas (1892-1958), participant of the Quest expedition (1921-1922) led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- Douglas Crag in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Douglas Crag on geographic.org (English)