Foxtail Peak
| Foxtail Peak | ||
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| height | 455 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 13 '43 " S , 36 ° 41' 26" W | |
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The Foxtail peak ( English for foxtail tip is) a 455 m (by British information 450 m ) high mountain on Georgia . It rises 3 km west of Carlita Bay on the northern flank of the Neumayer Glacier .
Participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld mapped it. The South Georgia Survey took during his 1951 campaign lasted until 1957 surveys before. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1964 after the Antarctic Foxtail ( Alopecurus antarcticus , synonym Alopecurus magellanicus ) from the genus of foxtail grass that grows on the slopes of this mountain.
Web links
- Foxtail peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Foxtail Peak on geographic.org (English)