Rime Crests
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| location | Coronation Island , South Orkney Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 38 ′ S , 45 ° 24 ′ W | |
The Rime Crests (English for Rime Peaks ) comprise five mountain peaks in the eastern part of Coronation Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . They rise up on the eastern flank of Sunshine Glacier .
Scientists from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey took surveys between 1948 and 1949. It is named after the thick hoar frost with which the peaks are covered.
Web links
- Rime Crests in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rime Crests on geographic.org (English)