Hag Pike
| Hag Pike | ||
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| height | 710 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 56 '22 " S , 66 ° 58' 50" W | |
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The Hag Pike (English for tree stump spike ) is a 710 m high and striking rock pillar on the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises on the north side of the Wordie Ice Shelf . Together with the mountains adjoining to the north, it limits the west side of the mouth of the Hariot Glacier .
Participants of the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill photographed them from the air in 1937. Further aerial photographs were taken during the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys between 1948 and 1950 and again in 1958. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave the rock column its descriptive name on August 31, 1962.
Web links
- Hag Pike in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hag Pike on geographic.org (English)