Name details

Peter Crest

Peter Crest (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Peter Crest  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 138242

Feature type: Peak

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The summit (1600 m) of Mulgrew Nunatak in Cook Mountains.

Named For

Named after New Zealand Antarctic veteran Peter D. Mulgrew (Mulgrew Nunatak, q.v.). He perished in the Air New Zealand DC10 scenic flight to Ross Island, Nov. 28, 1979, when the airplane crashed into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 persons aboard.

Location

Latitude:
79° 38' 47.0" S
-79.64639°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
157° 57' 26.0" E
157.95722°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-Jul-2017

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