Hesse Peak () is, at , the highest peak on

Paryadin Ridge Paryadin Ridge () is a ridge extending from Cape Alexandra to Cape Paryadin at the west end of South Georgia. The name " Paryadin-Kamm," derived from nearby Cape Paryadin, was given by Ludwig Kohl-Larsen Ludwig Kohl-Larsen (born ''Ludwig Kohl''; ...

, lying midway between

Cape Alexandra Cape Alexandra () is a cape which forms the northwest extremity of South Georgia. It was named "Cape North" in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a ...

and

Cape Paryadin Cape Paryadin () is a headland which forms the southernmost point of the west tip of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook. The cape was resighted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen B ...

at the west end of

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� ...

. It was charted and named by a German expedition under

Kohl-Larsen Ludwig Kohl-Larsen (born ''Ludwig Kohl''; 5 April 1884 in Landau in der Pfalz – 12 November 1969 in Bodensee) was a German physician, amateur anthropologist, and explorer. Biography In 1911, he traveled as ship's doctor with Wilhelm Filchne ...

in 1928–29.

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