Mount Cunningham

Mount Cunningham
Mount Cunningham is located in South Georgia Island
Mount Cunningham
Mount Cunningham
Location on South Georgia
Highest point
Elevation1,218 m (3,996 ft)[1]
Listing16th highest mountain in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Coordinates54°12′24″S 37°17′53″W / 54.20667°S 37.29806°W / -54.20667; -37.29806[1]
Geography
LocationLocation on South Georgia

Mount Cunningham is a mountain at the west end of South Georgia's Esmark Glacier. It is situated between Jossac Bight and Queen Maud Bay. With an elevation of 1,218 metres (3,996 ft), it is the 16th highest mountain in South Georgia.[2] The mountain was named after Scottish mountaineer John Crabbe Cunningham as a memorial[3] after his death on 31 January 1980, following a climbing accident when struck by waves off Holyhead.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Mount Cunningham". Geonames.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Mount Cunningham". Peakery.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hattersley-Smith1988 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Hard Man of the Hills". Herald Scotland: The Herald. Retrieved 28 December 2012.