Marikoppa () is a mountain, , between
Larssen and
Paulsen Peak in the
Allardyce Range
The Allardyce Range ( es, Cordillera de San Telmo) is a mountain range rising south of Cumberland Bay and dominating the central part of South Georgia, a UK overseas territory. It extends for from Mount Globus in the northwest to Mount Brooke ...
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†...
. The name, which is known locally, was used in 1950 by H.B. Paulsen. ''Koppa'' is a descriptive Finnish word meaning "basket with a lid on top." The mountain was surveyed by the
South Georgia Survey
The South Georgia Survey was a series of expeditions to survey and map the island of South Georgia, led by Duncan Carse between 1951 and 1957.
Although South Georgia had been commercially exploited as a whaling station during the first half of t ...
in 1951–52.
References
Mountains and hills of South Georgia
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