Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Twin Peaks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Twin Peaks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak (2d)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Two sharply defined peaks, 750 m, standing together 1.5 mi N of Mount Taylor and 2 mi W of the head of Hope Bay at the NE end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the SwedAE, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. Named by the FIDS following their survey of the area in 1946.
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