Thimble Peak (Grahamland)
| Thimble Peak | ||
|---|---|---|
| height | 485 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 27 ′ 21 ″ S , 57 ° 6 ′ 24 ″ W | |
|
||
The Thimble Peak (English for Fingerhut tip is) a 485 m high and stout conical mountain of rock and ice in the north of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the Trinity Peninsula, it rises 3 km northeast of Duse Bay on the eastern flank of the Mondor Glacier .
Scientists from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it in 1946. It was given its descriptive name in 1948 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee .
Web links
- Thimble Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Thimble Peak on geographic.org (English)