Circum Peak Explained

Circum Peak
Map:	Falkland Islands
Label Position:	left
Location:	Weddell Island, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates:	-51.9292°N -60.9242°W

Circum Peak is a mountain rising to 198m (650feet)^[1] in the southeast part of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands. It is located at -51.9292°N -60.9242°W, which is 2.12km (01.32miles) southeast of Mount Weddell, and surmounts New Year Cove to the southeast and Gull Harbour to the northeast.

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

References

• B. Stonehouse (ed.). Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp.

External links

• Weddell Island Official Website
• Weddell Island from space. NASA Johnson Space Center, 30 April 2005

Notes and References

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