Jane Peak (New Zealand)
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Jane Peak is a conspicuous
nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...
, high, standing west of the northern part of
Borge Bay Borge Bay () is a large, irregularly-shaped bay that dominates the east side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was charted in 1912 by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorlle, and named for Captain Hans Borge of the ''P ...
on Signy Island, in the
South Orkney Islands The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic PeninsulaDiscovery Investigations personnel, and resurveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. It was named in 1954 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the brig ''Jane'', James Weddell commanding, which visited the South Orkney Islands in 1822–23.


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Nunataks of Antarctica Landforms of the South Orkney Islands {{SouthOrkneys-geo-stub