Snorre Peak

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Snorre Peak
height 800  m
location South Georgia
Coordinates 54 ° 18 ′ 57 ″  S , 36 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 54 ° 18 ′ 57 ″  S , 36 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  W
Snorre Peak (South Georgia)
Snorre Peak

The Snorre peak is about 800  m high and cone-shaped mountain on South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It rises about 1.4 km southwest of Lake Aviemore on the Barff Peninsula .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2009. It is named after the Snorre , one of the first three whalers to operate from the Godthul from 1909 onwards .

Web links

  • Snorre Peak . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)