Sandefjord Peaks
| Sandefjord Peaks | ||
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| location | Coronation Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| part of | Pomona plateaus | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 37 ′ S , 45 ° 59 ′ W | |
The Sandefjord Peaks comprise three conical mountains in the western part of Coronation Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . The highest of them reaches 635 m . They mark the southwest end of the Pomona Plateau .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations named the southernmost of the three mountains as Sandefjord Peak in 1933 after neighboring Sandefjord Bay . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee decided in 1955 after measurements by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1950 to extend the designation to all three mountains.
Web links
- Sandefjord Peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sandefjord Peaks on geographic.org (English)