Circum Peak

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Circum Peak
Highest point
Coordinates51°55′45″S 60°55′27″W / 51.92917°S 60.92417°W / -51.92917; -60.92417
Geography
LocationWeddell Island, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean

Circum Peak is a mountain rising to 198 m (650 ft)[1] in the southeast part of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands. It is located at Coordinates: 51°55′45″S 60°55′27″W / 51.92917°S 60.92417°W / -51.92917; -60.92417, which is 2.12 km (1.32 mi) southeast of Mount Weddell, and surmounts New Year Cove to the southeast and Gull Harbour to the northeast.

Maps[]

Location of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands
Satellite image of Weddell Island
  • The Falkland Islands. Scale 1:401280 map. London: Edward Stanford, 1901
  • Falkland Islands Explorer Map. Scale 1:365000. Ocean Explorer Maps, 2007
  • Falklands Topographic Map Series. Scale 1:50000, 29 sheets. DOS 453, 1961-1979
  • Falkland Islands. Scale 1:643000 Map. DOS 906. Edition 3-OS, 1998
  • Map 500k--xm20-4. 1:500000 map of Weddell Island and part of West Falkland. Russian Army Maps (for the world)
  • Approaches to the Falkland Islands. Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010
  • Illustrated Map of Weddell Island

Gallery[]

  • Massive stone runs in the foothills of Circum Peak; southeast view from Mount Weddell

  • Old map of Weddell Island featuring Cove Peak (present Circum Peak)

  • Map of Weddell Island

Notes[]

  1. ^ A. Fryday and D. Øvstedal. New species, combinations and records of lichenized fungi from the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas). The Lichenologist 44 (04) 2012. 483–500

References[]

  • B. Stonehouse (ed.). Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp. ISBN 978-0-471-98665-2

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