Mount Fagan

Coordinates: 54°30′S 36°8′W / 54.500°S 36.133°W / -54.500; -36.133
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Mount Fagan (54°30′S 36°8′W / 54.500°S 36.133°W / -54.500; -36.133) is a mountain rising to 930 metres (3,050 ft) 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km) west-southwest of Coffin Top and 2.75 nautical miles (5.1 km) west of Moltke Harbour, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 for Captain P.F. Fagan, Royal Engineers, surveyor on the British Combined Services Expedition of 1964–65, and the first person to climb the mountain.[1]

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  1. ^ "Mount Fagan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 12 November 2013.

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