Pyramid Peak (South Georgia)

Pyramid peak
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height	475  m
location	South Georgia
Coordinates	53 ° 59 '50 "  S , 37 ° 23' 32"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 59 '50 "  S , 37 ° 23' 32"  W.

The Pyramid Peak (English for Pyramidenspitze ) is a 475  m high mountain on the north coast of South Georgia . It towers above Cape Buller on the west side of the entrance to the Bay of Isles

Participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld named it descriptively as The Pyramid . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 1955 in an adapted form.

Web links

• Pyramid Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Pyramid Peak on geographic.org (English)