Mount Skottsberg
| Mount Skottsberg | ||
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| height | 503 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 15 ′ 19 ″ S , 36 ° 31 ′ 27 ″ W | |
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Mount Skottsberg is a 503 m high mountain on the north coast of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It rises southeast of Stenhouse Peak and south of Camp Peak on the Thatcher Peninsula . It serves as a landmark for orientation on the way from Grytviken to the Carr Valley .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2015 after the Swedish botanist Carl Johan Fredrik Skottsberg (1880–1963), participant in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under Otto Nordenskjöld . On this research trip, Skottsberg camped in the neighboring Maiviken Bay in order to explore and map the surrounding area.
Web links
- Mount Skottsberg . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)