Mimas Peak

Mimas Peak (71°56′S 69°36′W / 71.933°S 69.6°W / -71.933; -69.6) is a sharp conspicuous peak, 1,000 m, rising west of the head of Saturn Glacier and 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Dione Nunataks in the southeast part of Alexander Island. First seen and photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935, and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Seen from a distance in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and roughly positioned. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for its association with Saturn Glacier, Mimas being one of the satellites of Saturn. The peak and surrounding area were first mapped in detail from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960.

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