Dickens Peak

Map of Thurston Island.

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Dickens Peak (72°8′S 99°19′W / 72.133°S 99.317°W / -72.133; -99.317Coordinates: 72°8′S 99°19′W / 72.133°S 99.317°W / -72.133; -99.317) is a peak 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) north-northwest of Smith Peak in the Walker Mountains of north-central Thurston Island. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Aviation Machinist's Mate J.D. Dickens, an aircrewman in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this peak and adjacent coastal areas, 1946–47.^[1]

See also

• Mountains in Antarctica

Maps

• Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

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