Jubilee Peak

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Jubilee Peak
height 500  m
location Clarence Island , South Shetland Islands
Coordinates 61 ° 8 ′ 3 ″  S , 54 ° 1 ′ 38 ″  W Coordinates: 61 ° 8 ′ 3 ″  S , 54 ° 1 ′ 38 ″  W
Jubilee Peak (South Shetland Islands)
Jubilee Peak
First ascent 2nd February 1977

The Jubilee Peak (English for Jubiläumsspitze ) is an approximately 500  m high mountain on Clarence Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises west of Cape Lloyd at the northern end of the island.

Participants of the British Joint Services Expedition to the Elephant Iceland Group (JSEEIG, 1976-1977) ascended the mountain on 2 February 1977. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in reference to the silver jubilee of the British monarch Elizabeth II. In the same Year.

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