Peakbagger.com
Peak Lists	Climbers	Ranges	Geography	Help	Search	Log In

South Shetland Islands

Range Type	Archipelago
Highest Point	Mount Irving (2300 m/7546 ft)
Countries	Antarctica
Area	3,568 sq km / 1,378 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	259 km / 161 mi North-South 455 km / 283 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	62° 5' S; 58° 19' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
Search Engines - search the web for "South Shetland Islands": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search

Map of South Shetland Islands
Click on red triangle icons for links to other ranges.

Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the South Shetland Islands.

Antarctic Peninsula	Level 3 (Parent)
South Orkney Islands	Level 4 (Sibling)
South Shetland Islands	Level 4
Antarctic Peninsula Tip Islands	Level 4 (Sibling)
Palmer Archipelago	Level 4 (Sibling)
Adelaide-Biscoe Islands	Level 4 (Sibling)
Graham Land	Level 4 (Sibling)
Alexander Island	Level 4 (Sibling)
Palmer Land	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the South Shetland Islands

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Mount Irving	2300	7546
2.	Mount Foster	2105	6906
3.	Mount Friesland	1700	5577
4.	Lyaskovets Peak	1450	4757
5.	Helmet Peak	1040	3412
6.	Mount Pendragon	973	3192
7.	Mount Jubilee	734	2408
8.	Rose Peak	655	2149
9.	Rea Peak	590	1936
10.	Mount Pond	581	1906
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

This page has been served 1613 times since 2004-11-01.