Dick peaks
| Dick peaks | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Raggatt Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 40 ′ S , 49 ° 36 ′ E | |
The Dick Peaks are a group of mountain peaks in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . They rise 1.5 km east of Mount Humble at the eastern end of the Raggatt Mountains .
They were discovered by Douglas Walter Leckie (* 1920), flight squadron leader of the Royal Australian Air Force , during an overflight in October 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named the group after William T. Dick, a weather observer at Mawson Station in 1960.
Web links
- Dick peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dick Peaks on geographic.org (English)