John Peaks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
John Peaks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to 415 m in S Powell Island, were probably sighted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821; charted by DI in 1933 and named after Dr David Dilwyn John (1901-1995), British zoologist and member of DI scientific staff; Discovery, 1926-27, William Scoresby, 1927-29, and (as Chief Scientist) Discovery II, 1931-33; Director, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1948-68 (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.12). John Peak (France. SHM, 1937, p.388). Picos John (Argentina. MM chart 117, 1952; Pierrou, 1970, p.449). Pico John (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.186).
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