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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Douglas Peaks (RUS) 80° 00' 00.0" S 81° 25' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 117756 Place ID: 3819

Douglas Peaks (USA) 80° 00' 00.0" S 81° 25' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 124477 Place ID: 3819

The group of peaks standing S of Plummer Glacier in the SE extremity of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962-63, for Lt. Cdr. John Douglas, USN, LC-47 pilot who flew to the area to evacuate one of the party for emergency appendectomy.

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