Stenhouse Peak
| Stenhouse Peak | ||
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| height | 614 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 16 ′ 11 ″ S , 36 ° 31 ′ 55 ″ W | |
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The Stenhouse Peak is a 614 m high mountain on the north coast of South Georgia . On the Thatcher Peninsula, it rises 1.5 km west of Maiviken Bay .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped and named it between 1925 and 1926. It is named after Joseph Russell Stenhouse (1887-1941), first officer and later captain of the Aurora in the Endurance Expedition (1914-1917) and captain of the Discovery in the Discovery Investigations between 1925 and 1927.
Web links
- Stenhouse peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stenhouse Peak on geographic.org (English)