Vogel Peak
| Vogel Peak | ||
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| height | 1350 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | Salvesen Range | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 34 '4 " S , 36 ° 13' 57" W | |
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The bird Peak is a 1,350 m high mountain in the southeast of South Georgia . In the Salvesen Range it rises 2.5 km southeast of the Ross Pass .
A team led by Carl Schrader named it during the First International Polar Year (1882-1883) as the Matterhorn because of its similarity to its famous Swiss counterpart . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee changed its name in 1957. The new namesake is the German physicist and meteorologist Peter Vogel (1856–1915), who served as Schrader's deputy on the German expedition.
Web links
- Vogel peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vogel Peak on geographic.org (English)