Stopford Peak () is a
peak Peak or The Peak may refer to:
Basic meanings Geology
* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics
* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-di ...
, high, on the east side of
Hoseason Island
Hoseason Island is an island long and wide, lying west of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. This name, which has appeared on charts for over 100 years, commemorates James Hoseason, first mate on the ''Sprightly'', an Ender ...
and is the highest point on the island, in the
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anvers ...
, near
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
. First roughly charted and named "''Cape Stopford''" by
Henry Foster in 1829 for
Admiral Sir Robert Stopford (1768–1847), Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, 1827–1830, where Foster's ship, the ''Chanticleer'', fitted out for the voyage. The most prominent feature on the east side of Hoseason Island is this peak, which rises steeply from a straight piece of coast.
Mountains of the Palmer Archipelago
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