O'Connor Peak
| O'Connor Peak | ||
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| height | 675 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 16 ′ 54 ″ S , 36 ° 18 ′ 58 ″ W | |
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The Ellerbeck Peak is a 675 m (according to UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee around 300 m ) high mountain in Georgia . It rises west of Long Point on the Barff Peninsula .
Participants in the first Antarctic voyage of the Norvegia (1927–1928), financed by the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Lars Christensen , mapped it and named it Mount Bryde . Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it again in 1929 and named it after midshipman W. P. O'Connor of the Reserve Forces of the Royal Navy , who was involved in the necessary surveying work.
Web links
- O'Connor Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- O'Connor Peak on geographic.org (English)