Cranfield Peak

Cranfield Peak (83°38′S 160°54′E / 83.633°S 160.9°E / -83.633; 160.9) is a peak, 2,850 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Mount Weeks in Queen Elizabeth Range. Tentatively named Sentinel Peak by the New Zealand Southern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58), who visited it in 1958. Renamed for Flying Officer W.J. Cranfield who, as one of the pilots operating with the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, gave considerable assistance to the surveying party in this area.

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

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