Mount Duse

Mount Duse

Mount Duse (54°16′S 36°29′W / 54.267°S 36.483°W / -54.267; -36.483) is a conspicuous mountain, 505 m, surmounting King Edward Point on the west side of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. Charted in 1902 by Lieutenant S.A. Duse, cartographer of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, for whom it is named.

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