Mount Krokisius () is a
mountain
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0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) northeast of
Moltke Harbor,
South Georgia
South Georgia is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. ...
. Named by the German group of the
International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, for
Corvette Captain Ferdinand Krokisius,
[https://data.bnf.fr/17122270/ferdinand_krokisius/] commander of the Marie, one of the two ships of the expedition.
References
Krokisius, Mount
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