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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Sighing Peak (GBR) | 67° 24' 09.0" S | 67° 58' 07.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 111181
Place ID: 13261
rising to c. 640m on Wright Peninsula, Adelaide Island, forming S entrance point of Stonehouse Bay. The point on the coast was called Punta Cholchol by CAE, 1947, after a place in Chile (Chile. DNH chart LII, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.75). The peak was surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in October 1948 and named Sighing Peak, because of the persistent sighing of the wind at the summit, even when calm at sea level (APC, 1955, p.19; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). Cabo Rosario [=ros- ary cape], referring to the point on the coast (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter R). |
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| Sighing Peak (USA) | 67° 24' 00.0" S | 67° 59' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 131598
Place ID: 13261
Prominent, isolated, rocky peak, 640 m, at the S side of the entrance to Stonehouse Bay on the E side of Adelaide Island. First sighted and surveyed in 1909 by the FrAE under Charcot. Resurveyed in 1948 by the FIDS and so named by them because of the persistent sighing of wind from the summit of this peak, even when apparently calm at sea level. |
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