Moore Peak

Moore Peak (77°31′S 168°27′E / 77.517°S 168.45°E / -77.517; 168.45) is a peak rising to c.2500 m on the west slope of Mount Terror, Ross Island. The peak is 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km) west-southwest of the summit of Mount Terror and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Mount Sutherland. At the suggestion of P.R. Kyle, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after James A. Moore, a member of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology team on Mount Erebus in the 1983-84 and 1985-86 field seasons. He completed his M.S. thesis on the geology of Mount Erebus.

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

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