Neumayer Peaks
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| location | South Georgia | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 12 ′ S , 36 ° 45 ′ W | |
The Neumayer Peaks are a mountain range with up to 649 m high peaks on South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It extends from the Neumayer Glacier in the Busen region in a northerly direction to the Husdal .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain range in 2013 based on the name of the glacier of the same name. Its namesake is the German geophysicist and polar researcher Georg von Neumayer (1826–1909).
Web links
- Neumayer Peaks . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)