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Wegger Peak

Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111872

Feature type: Peak

Origin

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:

• Wegger Peak (United States of America)

Narrative

rising to c.350m WSW of Crépin Point, Mackellar Inlet, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Following survery of the area by FAE, 1908-10, in December 1909, the name Le Poing [=the fist] was applied descriptively to a single summit SW of Crépin Point (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 1; BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; 1948); following geological work in the area by Ferguson, 1913-14, the name was applied to the present feature (Ferguson, 1921, map p.39 and p.40); following hydrographic survey of the area by DI, 1934-35, the name was applied either to Admiralen Peak (q.v.) or to a summit close E of it (Nelson and others, chart, 1935c). Cerro Le Poing (Chile. DNH chart 502, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.183). Monte Le Poing (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947). The Fist ([referring to the feature named by FAE] BA chart 1774, 9.vii.1948; APC, 1955, p.10; [referring to the summit E of Admiralen Peak] BA, 1956, view facing p.36). The Fist (Le Poing) (BA, 1948, p.153). Pico Le Poing (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949). Pico Puño [=fist peak] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.198; Pierrou, 1970, p.611). Following air photography by FIDASE, 1956-57, the present feature was renamed Wegger Peak after Ole Wegger (1859-1936), Director for 47 years of Framnµs Mekaniske Vµrksted, Norway, shipbuilders who fitted Admiralen with a slipway for whaling (APC, 1960, p.8; Hawkes, 1961, p.12; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962).

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