Binary Peaks is a steep pinnacle covered with snow with two snow free and therefore conspicuous summits, situated northwest of
Mount Krokisius and north-northwest of
Moltke Harbor,
South Georgia. This feature was named "Doppelspitz" (double peaks) by a German expedition under
K. Schrader, 1882–83, and was identified by the
British Combined Services Expedition of 1964–65. An English form of the name, Binary Peaks, was recommended by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
in 1971.
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Mountains and hills of South Georgia
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