Mount Poseidon
| Mount Poseidon | ||
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| height | 1338 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | The Trident | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 10 '40 " S , 37 ° 4' 53" W | |
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Mount Poseidon is a 1338 m high mountain on South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It is the central and highest peak of The Trident ridge southeast of the Murray snowfield and the Briggs glacier .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2015 after the sea god Poseidon from Greek Greek mythology , and the other peaks of the mountain ridge, Mount Thalassa and Mount Tethys , are named after Greek deities.
Web links
- Mount Poseidon . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)