Binary Peaks is a steep pinnacle covered with snow with two snow free and therefore conspicuous summits, situated northwest of

Mount Krokisius Mount Krokisius () is a mountain 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) northeast of Moltke Harbor, South Georgia. Named by the German group of the International Polar Year The International Polar Years (IPY) are collaborative, international efforts w ...

and north-northwest of

Moltke Harbor Royal Bay is a bay, wide and indenting , entered between Cape Charlotte and Cape Harcourt along the north coast of South Georgia. Like other parts of the archipelago, many birds breed here, including king penguins, gentoo penguins, and blue-ey ...

South Georgia South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east ...

. This feature was named "Doppelspitz" (double peaks) by a German expedition under

K. Schrader K is the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet. K may also refer to: General uses * K (programming language), an array processing language developed by Arthur Whitney and commercialized by Kx Systems * K (cider), a British draft cider manufact ...

, 1882–83, and was identified by the

British Combined Services Expedition British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

of 1964–65. An English form of the name, Binary Peaks, was recommended by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971.

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Mountains and hills of South Georgia {{SouthGeorgia-geo-stub