Krokisiusberg
| Krokisiusberg | ||
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| height | 472 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 30 '34 " S , 36 ° 4' 7" W | |
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The Krokisiusberg is a 472 m high mountain on South Georgia . It rises 1 km northeast of the Moltke harbor .
The naming was made by participants in the South Polar Expedition of the German Polar Commission (1882-1883) under the direction of Carl Schrader in the course of the First International Polar Year . It is named after Corvette Captain Ferdinand Krokisius (1842–1908), skipper of the SMS Marie , one of the two ships on the research trip .
Web links
- Mount Krokisius in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Krokisius on geographic.org (English)