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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Hurst Peak (USA) 79° 34' 00.0" S 84° 35' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 126864 Place ID: 6792

A prominent rock peak, 1,790 m, at the S end of Webers Peaks in the Heritage Range. Named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party, 1963-64, for aviation machinist James E. Hurst, crew member aboard the LC-47 which made the first 1963-64 flight to the Ellsworth Mountains.

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