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Nelson Peak (83°40′S 55°3′W / 83.667°S 55.05°W) is a peak, 1,605 m, standing at the eastern end of Drury Ridge and Brown Ridge where the two ridges abut Washington Escarpment, in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Willis H. Nelson, geologist with the Neptune Range field party, 1963-64.
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