Twin Pinnacles
| Lone rock | ||
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| Waters | King George Bay | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 8 ′ S , 58 ° 7 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 22 m | |
The Twin Pinnacles (mutatis mutandis translated from English twin peaks ) are 22 m high clip rock with two peaks in the archipelago of South Shetland Islands . On the west side of the entrance to King George Bay , Lions Rump rises 160 m northeast of the headland .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it in 1937 and gave it its descriptive name.
Web links
- Twin Pinnacles in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Twin Pinnacles on geographic.org (English)