McIlroy Peak
| McIlroy Peak | ||
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| height | 745 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 11 ′ 18 ″ S , 36 ° 45 ′ 37 ″ W | |
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The McIlroy Peak is a 745 m high mountain on South Georgia . It rises 1.3 km south of Mount Barren and west of Husvik Harbor .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1990 after the British doctor James McIlroy (1879-1968), participant in the Endurance Expedition (1914-1916) and the Quest Expedition (1921-1922) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- McIlroy Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McIlroy Peak on geographic.org (English)