Mount Nivea
| Mount Nivea | ||
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 Map of Coronation Island with Mount Nivea |
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| height | 1265 m | |
| location | Coronation Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 45 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| First ascent | Lance Tickell and Alan Grant, September 11, 1956 | |
Mount Nivea is a prominent, snow-capped mountain of 1265 m height on Coronation Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It rises at the head of the Sunshine Glacier . A series of rock towers lie on its northwest side.
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed the mountain between 1948 and 1949 and named it after the snow petrels ( Pagodroma nivea ) that breed in the area .
Web links
- Mount Nivea in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Nivea on geographic.org (English)