Mount Spaaman
| Mount Spaaman | ||
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| height | 1940 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | Allardyce Range | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 16 ′ 15 ″ S , 36 ° 51 ′ 59 ″ W | |
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Mount Spaaman is a 1940 m high mountain on South Georgia . In the western part of the Allardyce Range, it rises 1.5 km west of the Sørlle Buttress .
The term Spaaman stands for a weather prophet and storyteller. The mountain bears this name because the visibility of its summit indicates good weather when the weather is otherwise cloudy.
Web links
- Mount Spaaman in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Spaaman on geographic.org (English)