Gemel peaks
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 View over the Chilean Frei Station to the mountains in 2006 |
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| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 12 ′ S , 59 ° 0 ′ W | |
The Gemel Peaks (English for twin peaks ) are two 100 m high mountains on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . They rise 2.1 km northeast of the Horatio Stump on the Fildes Peninsula .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped them in 1935 and named them Twin Peaks . To avoid confusion, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee decided in 1960 to rename it with the same meaning.
Web links
- Gemel Peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gemel Peaks on geographic.org (English)