Crutch peaks
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 Map of Greenwich Island with the Crutch Peaks (top left) |
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| location | Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| part of | Dryanovo Heights | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 27 ′ S , 59 ° 56 ′ W | |
The Crutch Peaks (English for crutch tips ) are up to 275 m high mountains made of dark rock on Greenwich Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the Dryanovo Heights, they rise 2.5 km east of Greaves Peak and 4 km east of the northwestern tip of the island.
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations named one of the mountains Crutch Peak after surveys carried out between 1934 and 1935 . Later aerial photographs showed it was a group of two twin peaks and a series of low elevations.
Web links
- Crutch Peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Crutch Peaks on geographic.org (English)