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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Cushing Peak (GBR) 64° 06' 00.0" S 62° 26' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 108392 Place ID: 3220

rising to c. 950m in N Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine in this area, named after Harvey Cushing (1869-1939), American pioneer of neurosurgery (APC, 1960, p.3; [referring in error to peak 1 km to SSW] BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). Cushing Col, at c. 800m on SE side of the peak, was the site of a rescue by helicopter from HMS Endurance of an injured member of JSEBI, 8 March 1985 (Times, 9 March 1985).

Cushing Peak (USA) 64° 06' 00.0" S 62° 25' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 124020 Place ID: 3220

Peak in the N part of Brabant Island, standing 1.5 mi SE of Guyou Bay at the head of Lister Glacier, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Harvey Cushing (1869-1939), American pioneer of neurosurgery.

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