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Orca Peak ( 54°16′S36°32′W / 54.267°S 36.533°W / -54.267; -36.533 ) is a peak, 395 m, standing west of Grytviken on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart.

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