Mount Pelagic

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Mount Pelagic
height 1750  m
location South Georgia
Coordinates 54 ° 38 '25 "  S , 36 ° 15' 48"  W Coordinates: 54 ° 38 '25 "  S , 36 ° 15' 48"  W.
Mount Pelagic (South Georgia)
Mount Pelagic

The Mount Pelagic is a turn 1750  m high and pyramidal mountain on South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It rises northwest of Mount Baume on the southern flank of the Spenceley Glacier .

The South Georgia Survey took surveys between 1951 and 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2006 after the yacht Pelagic , which was used from 1988 for mountain expeditions and the creation of documentaries about South Georgia.

Web links

  • Pelagic, Mount . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)