Nickell Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Nickell Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An ice free peak standing at the west side of Victoria Upper Lake, 2.3km southeast of Sponsors Peak, in Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-ME08
Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Gregory W. Nickell, manager of the Eklund Biological Center, and of the Thiel Earth Sciences Laboratory at McMurdo Station. He died accidentally on May 15, 1974, when a truck he was driving left the road between McMurdo Station and Scott Base.
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