Rose Peak
| Rose Peak | ||
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| height | 655 m | |
| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Arctowski Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 58 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Rose Peak is a 655 m high mountain on King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 3 km southwest of Rea Peak and 5 km northeast of the Ternyck Needle in the center of the island.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the cutter Rose of the British whaling company Samuel Enderby & Sons , which was crushed by the pack ice at 60 ° 17 ′ S , 53 ° 26 ′ W as escort of the schooner Hopeful in late 1833 or in January 1834 . The crew was recovered alive.
Web links
- Rose Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rose Peak on geographic.org (English)