Basilisk Peak

Basilisk Peak
Höhe 253 m
Lage Bellingshausen-Insel (Südliche Sandwichinseln)
Koordinaten 59° 24′ 35″ S, 27° 4′ 54″ WKoordinaten: 59° 24′ 35″ S, 27° 4′ 54″ W
Basilisk Peak (Südgeorgien und die Südlichen Sandwichinseln)
Basilisk Peak (Südgeorgien und die Südlichen Sandwichinseln)

Der Basilisk Peak ist mit 253 m die höchste Erhebung auf dem Kraterrand der Bellingshausen-Insel in der Kette der Südlichen Sandwichinseln.

Das UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee benannte ihn 1971 so, weil der Krater „[…] die Aura verströmt, als habe der mythische Basilisk dort seine Höhle“.

  • Basilisk Peak. In: Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior, archiviert vom Original; (englisch).
  • Basilisk Peak auf geographic.org (englisch)

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