Pilcher Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Pilcher 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 c. 950m E of Brialmont Cove, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Portal Point", 1956-59; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Percy Sinclair Pilcher (1866-99), British engineer and pioneer of gliding flight, 1895-99; following O. Lilienthal (Lilienthal Glacier, q.v.), he was the second principal pioneer in the field, who died from injuries received in a gliding accident, 30 September 1899 (APC, 1960, p.6; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974).
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