Jericho (South Georgia)
Location of Jericho on South Georgia |
Jericho is a plain on South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It is located north of the former whaling station Leith Harbor at the foot of Horatio Peak .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the level in 2013. It is named after the biblical "Walls of Jericho " and their collapse. The background to the naming are avalanches and landslides , which required the whaling station to move to its current location.
Web links
- Jericho . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)
Coordinates: 54 ° 8 ′ S , 36 ° 41 ′ W