Wave peak
| Wave peak | ||
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| height | 960 m | |
| location | Coronation Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 36 '58 " S , 45 ° 36' 0" W | |
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The Wave Peak is a distinctive and 960 m high mountain in the center of Coronation Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It rises at the head of the Laws Glacier . A special feature of this mountain is a ridge extending to the southwest . To the north and east, the slopes of the mountain slope gently towards Brisbane Heights .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out measurements and naming between 1948 and 1949. Names refer to similarity of the mountain with a breaking wave ( english Wave ).
Web links
- Wave Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wave Peak on geographic.org (English)