Location Antarctica | Elevation 640 m | |
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Sighing Peak is a 640 m (2,100 ft) peak in Antarctica. It is located at the south side of the entrance to Stonehouse Bay on the east side of Adelaide Island. It was first sighted and surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. It was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and so named by them because of the persistent sighing of wind from the summit of this peak, even when apparently calm at sea level.
Map of Sighing Peak, Antarctica
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Sighing Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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