Petrel Peak
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Petrel Peak is a peak
, 630 m, standing at the north side of Hodges Glacier
, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Grytviken, South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. The name was proposed by J. Smith of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1958, following glaciological investigations as part of the IGY. Petrel Peak is named for the whale-catcher Petrel, belonging to the Compania Argentina de Pesca at Grytviken, and for the snow petrels which nest on the higher rocks of the peak.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
, 630 m, standing at the north side of Hodges Glacier
Hodges Glacier
Hodges Glacier is a small glacier 1 nautical mile west of Grytviken, South Georgia, flowing from the south side of Petrel Peak to the foot of Mount Hodges. The name was recommended by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee and derives from association with Mount Hodges....
, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Grytviken, South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. The name was proposed by J. Smith of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1958, following glaciological investigations as part of the IGY. Petrel Peak is named for the whale-catcher Petrel, belonging to the Compania Argentina de Pesca at Grytviken, and for the snow petrels which nest on the higher rocks of the peak.