Priestley Peak

Priestley Peak

Priestley Peak (coord|67|12|S|50|23|E|) is a peak between Mount Pardoe and Mount Tod on the south side of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land. Sighted on January 14, 1930, by British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for Sir Raymond Priestley, a member of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.


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