Swinhoe Peak
| Swinhoe Peak | ||
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| height | 845 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | Allardyce Range | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 20 ′ 41 ″ S , 36 ° 31 ′ 3 ″ W | |
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The Swinhoe Peak is a 845 m high mountain in the Allardyce Range of South Georgia . It rises up between the Hamberg glacier and the Hestesletten .
Participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld mapped it. The South Georgia Survey took surveys between 1951 and 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after Ernest Swinhoe (1869-1921), manager of the South Georgia Exploration Company , who had explored South Georgia in 1905 in search of minerals and for the establishment of a sheep farm for research purposes.
Web links
- Swinhoe peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Swinhoe Peak on geographic.org (English)