Rayner Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Rayner Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak
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:
A prominent peak about 1,270 m above sea level, about 66 km SSW of Edward VIII Gulf and west of Robert Glacier in Kemp Land. Discovered by the William Scoresby Expedition (1936) and named after G.W. Rayner, leader of the expedition. An astrofix was obtained by J.C. Armstrong, ANARE surveyor at Mawson, in November, 1959. The peak was occupied as a tellurometer station in February, 1965.
G.W. Rayner, leader of the William Scoresby Expedition (1936)
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