Brocken, South Georgia

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Brocken (54°29′S, 36°4′W) is a mountain rising over 610 m close southwest of Calf Head on the north side of South Georgia. Named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882-83, after the highest mountain in central Germany - the Brocken.

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