Quadrant Peak ( es, Pico Cuadrante) 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 ...
(430 m) forming the summit of
Vindication Island
Vindication Island ( es, Isla Vindicación) is a small uninhabited island in the South Sandwich Islands. It lies about from Candlemas Island, separated by the Nelson Channel. The island is mostly ice free.
Geography
This small island is part of ...
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South Sandwich Islands
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. The peak forms a narrow ridge above the uniform slopes of the original
volcanic cone
Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms. They are built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. Volcanic cones are of different types, depending upon the nature and ...
, and is a quadrant of what was probably once a circular mass cone. The peak was named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ...
(UK-APC) in 1971.
Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean
Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Mountains and hills of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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