Potts Peak

Potts Peak
Location of Potts Peak in Antarctica

Potts Peak (61°58′S 58°18′W / 61.967°S 58.300°W / -61.967; -58.300Coordinates: 61°58′S 58°18′W / 61.967°S 58.300°W / -61.967; -58.300) is a peak standing at the west side of Eldred Glacier on the north coast of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Captain Potts, Master of the sealing vessel L.P. Simmons from New London, CT, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1873-74.

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