The Razorback
| The Razorback | ||
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| location | South Georgia | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 9 ′ S , 37 ° 5 ′ W | |
The Razorback ( English for Der Finnwal ) is a mountain ridge on South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It looms between the Murray Snowfield and the Compass Glacier and extends north from Mount Tethys to Sørlle Peak .
The mountain ridge is on the route that the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton set out in 1916 as part of the endurance expedition (1914–1917) with two companions to rescue the expedition members who were stranded on Elephant Island . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave it its descriptive name in 2014.
Web links
- Razorback, The . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)