Puchalski Peak
| Puchalski Peak | ||
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| height | 190 m | |
| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 58 ° 17 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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The Puchalski Peak ( Polish Szczyt Puchalskiego ) is a 190 m high and isolated mountain on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It looms between Nature Conservation Glacier and Rybak Glacier on the shores of Admiralty Bay .
Polish scientists named him in 1980 after the Polish filmmaker and author Włodzimierz "Włodek" Puchalski (1909–1979), who died on January 19, 1979 while working in a penguin colony not far from the Arctowski station . His grave is one of the Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica (HSM-51).
Web links
- Puchalski Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)