Spencer Peak
| Spencer Peak | ||
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| height | 440 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 15 ′ 26 ″ S , 36 ° 29 ′ 4 ″ W | |
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The Spencer Peak is a 440 m high mountain on the north coast of South Georgia . On the Thatcher Peninsula, it rises southwest of Sappho Point on the banks of Cumberland Bay .
The name of the mountain for the first time on a nautical chart of the British Admiralty records from the year 1906th It is named after Lieutenant Patrick Spencer (1875 - unknown) of the Royal Navy, who was in charge of the survey of Cumberland Bay in 1906 on board HMS Sappho .
Web links
- Spencer Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spencer Peak on geographic.org (English)