Fusilier Mountain
| Fusilier Mountain | ||
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| height | 810 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 25 ′ 18 ″ S , 36 ° 15 ′ 8 ″ W | |
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The Fusilier Mountain is a 810 m (according to British data 821 m ) high mountain on the north coast of South Georgia . It rises 4.3 km west of Mount Skittle on the northern flank of the Heaney Glacier .
The South Georgia Survey gave him during 1951-1952 carried out surveying the name of Dome Mountain (English for Dome Mountain ). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee decided in 1991 to name the mountain after the Royal Fusiliers , the oldest association of the British Army, founded in 1685 . A delegation from this unit was stationed in Grytviken in 1988 .
Web links
- Fusilier Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fusilier Mountain on geographic.org (English)