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487: 43: 36: 263:(634 metres (2,080 ft)). The mountain peaks are not connected. However, the Mount Cunningham is a high mountain peak in the mountain range which extends over a length of 1.5 miles (2.4 km). With sharply-rising cliffs facing the sea, Mount Cunningham is situated at the head of low tussock-covered hills near the enclosed King Haakon Bay, an inlet on the southern coast. The headland of Cape Nunez is directly to the south while Jossac Bight is to the southeast. 334: 434: 474: 435:"Putting South Georgia on the map : Duncan Carse's South Georgia Surveys of 1951-56 / by Alec Trendall : with an account of the South Georgia Survey 1951-52 by Walter Roots" 532: 579: 557: 191:
Cunningham was a well known Scottish climber who spent many years developing innovative ice climbing techniques and pushing rock climbing standards. He worked not only for the
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The Antarctic pilot: comprising the coasts of Antarctica and all islands southward of the usual route of vessels
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as a memorial after his death on 31 January 1980, following a climbing accident when struck by waves off
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Mount Cunningham is the 16th highest peak in the list of mountain peaks in
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in 1964–65, as well as a member of the South Georgia Survey of 1955–56.
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Mount Cunningham is located in South Georgia Island
Elevation
Listing
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Coordinates
54°12′24″S 37°17′53″W / 54.20667°S 37.29806°W / -54.20667; -37.29806
mountain
South Georgia
Esmark Glacier
Jossac Bight
Queen Maud Bay
Scottish
mountaineer
John Crabbe Cunningham
Holyhead
British Antarctic Survey
I M Marsh Campus
Liverpool
British Antarctic Territory
Antarctica
Mount Jackson
Adelaide Island
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Allardyce Range
Esmark Glacier
Warburton Peak
Bomford Peak
Pyramid Peak
Smillie Peak
Stanley Peak

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