Mount Weddell

Mount Weddell
Highest point
Elevation 383 m (1,257 ft) [1]
Prominence 383 m (1,257 ft)
Coordinates 51°55′23″S 60°57′12″W / 51.92306°S 60.95333°W / -51.92306; -60.95333Coordinates: 51°55′23″S 60°57′12″W / 51.92306°S 60.95333°W / -51.92306; -60.95333 
Geography
Location Weddell Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

Mount Weddell is the summit of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands. The mountain rises to 383 metres (1,257 ft) and is situated 8 km northeast of Race Point, 9.8 km east of Pillar Bluff, 4.35 km southwest of Weddell Settlement and 4.6 km west-northwest of Circum Point.

Maps

  • 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

Notes

  1. ↑ Falkland Islands Government map

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
  • C.H. Barnard. A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard, in a Recent Voyage Round the World, Including an Account of His Residence for Two Years on An Uninhabited Island. New York: J.P. Callender, 1836
  • P.P. King and R. Fitzroy. The South America Pilot. Part II. From the Rio de la Plata to the Bay of Panama, including Magellan Strait, the Falkland, and Galapagos Islands. Fifth Edition. London: Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1860. pp. 116-118
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