Cook Summit

Cook Summit

Cook Summit (64°24′S 62°24′W / 64.4°S 62.4°W / -64.4; -62.4) is the highest peak in the Solvay Mountains, Brabant Island, rising to 1,590 m between Galen Peak and Celsus Peak. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1986 after Dr. Frederick A. Cook (1865–1940), American polar explorer and surgeon with the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, led by Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Cook Summit" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).