Potts Peak
| Potts Peak | ||
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| height | 350 m | |
| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 58 ° 15 ′ 6 ″ W | |
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The Potts Peak is a 350 m high mountain in the north of King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises on the western flank of the Eldred Glacier .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after Jeremiah Potts, captain of the sealer L. P. Simmons from New London , Connecticut , who operated in the waters around the South Shetland Islands from 1873 to 1874.
Web links
- Potts peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Potts Peak on geographic.org (English)