Stejneger Peak

Stejneger Peak
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height	185  m
location	Bird Island , South Georgia
Coordinates	54 ° 0 ′ 39 ″  S , 38 ° 3 ′ 52 ″  W Coordinates: 54 ° 0 ′ 39 ″  S , 38 ° 3 ′ 52 ″  W

The Stejneger peak is 185  m high, distinctive and rocky mountain on Bird Iceland off the northwestern tip of South Georgia . It rises at the head of Evermann Cove .

Scientists from the University of Cambridge 's South Georgia Biological Expedition (1958-1959) carried out measurements. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the US zoologist Leonhard Stejneger (1851-1943), who had carried out important studies on the fur seals and birds on the islands in the Bering Sea in the 19th century and in 1896 a member of the British-US - American Commission to Investigate Fur Seals in the Bering Sea.

Web links

• Stejneger Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Stejneger Peak on geographic.org (English)