Paulsen Peak

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Paulsen Peak (54°20′S, 36°40′W) is a rock peak, 1,875 m, standing near the head of Lyell Glacier, 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Mount Sugartop in the Allardyce Range of South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), following mapping by the SGS, 1951-52, for Harald B. Paulsen (1898-1951), a leading figure in the Norwegian whaling industry.

This article incorporates text from Paulsen Peak, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.