Petersen Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Petersen Peak (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 1215m N of Fuchs Dome, Shackleton Range, was surveyed by TAE in October 1957 and named after Kapt. Hans Christian Petersen, Danish Master of the J. Lauritzen ship Magga Dan which carried members of TAE to the Filchner Ice Front in the 1956-57 season (APC, 1962, p.25; DOS 610 sheet W 80 24/26, 1963; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978); further surveyed by BAS from Halley, 1968-71.
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