Messent Peak

Messent Peak

Messent Peak (69°24′S 66°13′W / 69.4°S 66.217°W / -69.4; -66.217) is one of the Bristly Peaks, rising to about 1,100 m just west of Brodie Peak and 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Mount Castro in central Antarctic Peninsula. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 for David R. Messent, geodesist, U.S. Army Topographic Command (later Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center), Palmer Station, winter party 1969.

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