Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Petrel Peak

(Thatcher Peninsula)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Location: 54° 16' 11" S 36° 31' 55" W
rising to 632 m WNW of Hodges Peak, was named after the whale-catcher Petrel, of the Grytviken whaling concern, and after the snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) that nest on the higher rocks, following glaciological work in the area by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58.