Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Admiralen Peak

(King George Island)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 62° 6' 19" S 58° 29' 31" W
rising to c. 300m on W side of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, was probably one of the peaks called Le Poing or The Fist (Wegger Peak, q.v.); following surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Admiralty Bay, 1948-60, and air photography by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956, named Admiralen Peak after Admiralen, the first modern floating factory ship, owned by A/S rnen and first operated in Admiralty Bay, January 1906.