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Maling Peak (60°39′S 45°40′W / 60.65°S 45.667°W) is a peak, 430 m, which is southernmost of two conspicuous peaks 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northwest of Cape Vik on the south coast of Coronation Island, on the South Orkney Islands. Roughly surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Derek H. Maling, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) meteorologist at Signy Island in 1948 and 1949, who made a survey triangulation of Signy Island and the south coast of Coronation Island.
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