Mount Convey
| Mount Convey | ||
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| height | 800 m | |
| location | Bristol Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 59 ° 3 ′ 7 ″ S , 26 ° 32 ′ 6 ″ W | |
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Mount Convey is a striking and over 800 m high mountain peak on Bristol Island in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic . It rises northwest of Harker Point in the south of the island.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2013. It is named after the British biologist Peter Convey (* 1961) from the British Antarctic Survey , who carried out the second biological survey on the South Sandwich Islands from January to February 1997 and is a recognized expert there Flora and fauna of invertebrates is valid.
Web links
- Convey, Mount . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)