Ellerbeck Peak
| Ellerbeck Peak | ||
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| height | 685 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 23 ′ 17 ″ S , 36 ° 19 ′ 29 ″ W | |
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The Ellerbeck Peak is a 685 m high mountain on South Georgia . It rises on the south side of the Sörling Valley on the Barff Peninsula .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1987 after Lieutenant Commander John Anthony Ellerbeck of the Royal Navy , who in the course of the Falklands War on April 25, 1982 as a helicopter pilot of the HMS Endurance by shelling the Argentine submarine ARA Santa Fe at the reconquest of Grytviken was involved.
Web links
- Ellerbeck Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ellerbeck Peak on geographic.org (English)