Samson Peak
| Samson Peak | ||
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| height | 595 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 9 ′ 40 ″ S , 36 ° 44 ′ 38 ″ W | |
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The Samson Peak is a 595 m high, distinctive and three-sided mountain on South Georgia in the South Atlantic . In the Busen region, it rises north of Parochlus Lake and west of Berntsen Ridge .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it 2013. It is named after the whalers Samson , the 1916 Stromness to rescue after crossing the James Caird on the shore of King Haakon Bay , near the Peggotty Bluff stranded participants of the Endurance expedition (1914- 1917) under the direction of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- Samson Peak . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)