Quadrant Peak ( es, Pico Cuadrante) is a
peak (430 m) forming the summit of
Vindication Island,
South Sandwich Islands
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. The peak forms a narrow ridge above the uniform slopes of the original
volcanic cone
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, and is a quadrant of what was probably once a circular mass cone. The peak was named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
(UK-APC) in 1971.
Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean
Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Mountains and hills of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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