Sighing Peak

Peak in Antarctica

Sighing Peak

Sighing Peak is the prominent mountain on the left in this aerial picture of a part of Adelaide Island's east coast.

Highest point
Elevation| 640 metres (2,100 ft)
Coordinates| 67°24′S 67°59′W﻿ / ﻿67.400°S 67.983°W﻿ / -67.400; -67.983
Geography

Sighing Peak

Location in Antarctica

Location| Antarctica

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.

Sighing Peak is the lone cloud-covered mountain on the right. The island in front is Webb Island. Click on the picture for a detailed description of the other geographical features.

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Adelaide Island

Stations and bases|

* Rothera Research Station
* Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base

Hills, peaks,
and nunatuks|

* Mount Barre
* Mount Bodys
* Mount Bouvier
* Bond Nunatak
* Dewar Nunatak
* Mount Ditte
* Mount Gaudry
* Hunt Peak
* Lincoln Nunatak
* Mount Liotard
* Mount Machatschek
* Mount Mangin
* Mount Reeves
* Sighing Peak
* Stokes Peaks
* Mount Velain
* Visser Hill

Glaciers|

* Horton Glacier
* Hurley Glacier
* Shambles Glacier
* Sheldon Glacier
* Sloman Glacier
* Turner Glacier

Other inland
features|

* Back Cirque
* Blümcke Knoll
* Buchia Buttress
* Fletcher Bluff
* McCallum Pass
* Milestone Bluff
* Reptile Ridge
* Stork Ridge
* Window Buttress
* Wright Peninsula

Coastal features|

* Adelaide Anchorage
* Fuchs Ice Piedmont
* Hanusse Bay
* Laubeuf Fjord
* Marguerite Bay
* Ryder Bay
* Stonehouse Bay
* Wormald Ice Piedmont

Off-shore|

| Islands|

* Amiot Islands
* Anchorage Island
* Avian Island
* Brockhamp Islands
* Chatos Islands
* Cono Island
* Dion Islands
* Embassy Islands
* Esplin Islands
* Ginger Islands
* Guébriant Islands
* Henkes Islands
* Jenny Island
* Killingbeck Island
* Kirsty Island
* Koechlin Island
* Lagoon Island
* Léonie Island
* Léonie Islands
* Limpet Island
* Mikkelsen Islands
* Rigsby Islands
* Rocca Islands
* Sillard Islands
* Solitario Island
* Sorge Island
* Steinemann Island
* Ward Islands
* Webb Island

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Reefs and banks|

* Box Reef
* Consul Reef
* Cox Reef
* Cumbers Reef
* Ives Bank
* Jennings Reef
* Lord Bank
* Regent Reef

Rocks|

* Cavalier Rock
* Cenobite Rocks
* Envoy Rock
* Fitton Rock
* Fullastern Rock
* Glover Rocks
* Hibbert Rock
* Launch Rock
* League Rock
* Mission Rock
* Nueva Rock
* Outlaw Rock
* Patience Rocks
* Skeen Rocks
* Sorpresa Rock

Straits|

* Barlas Channel
* Buchanan Passage
* Cole Channel
* Crosse Passage
* Elliott Passage
* The Gullet
* Johnston Passage
* Matha Strait
* Quest Channel
* Tickle Channel
* Woodfield Channel

This article incorporates public domain material from "Sighing Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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