Roché Peak
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Pyramidal peak
A pyramidal peak, or sometimes in its most extreme form called a glacial horn, is a mountaintop that has been modified by the action of ice during glaciation and frost weathering...
rising to 365 m, the highest feature on Bird Island, South Georgia. Situated 1.6 km west of the east extremity of the island. Named by the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Antarctic Place-names Committee in 1960 for the Englishman
English people
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Anthony de la Roché
Anthony de la Roché
Anthony de la Roché, born sometime in the 17th century, was an English merchant born in London to a French Huguenot father and an English mother...
who discovered South Georgia
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich...
in 1675.
See also
- Bird Island, South Georgia
- Anthony de la RochéAnthony de la RochéAnthony de la Roché, born sometime in the 17th century, was an English merchant born in London to a French Huguenot father and an English mother...