Nachtigal Peak
| Nachtigal Peak | ||
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| height | 1160 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | Allardyce Range | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 29 ′ 42 ″ S , 36 ° 14 ′ 11 ″ W | |
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The Nachtigal Peak is a 1,160 m high mountain in Georgia . It rises from a ridge that extends from the southeastern foothills of the Allardyce Range in a northerly direction. The mountain is located 6 km east of Nordenskjöld Peak on the western flank of the head end of Cook Glacier .
German scientists of the International Polar Year (1882–1883) descriptively named it the Little Spade . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee , however, named it in 1955 based on the neighboring Nachtigal Glacier . Its namesake is the German Africa explorer Gustav Nachtigal (1834–1885).
Web links
- Nachtigal Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nachtigal Peak on geographic.org (English)