MacGregor Peaks
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 42 ′ S , 60 ° 23 ′ W | |
The MacGregor Peaks are up to 340 m high mountain peaks on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the Hurd Peninsula, they loom halfway between Binn Peak and Moores Peak .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1990 after Captain Christopher MacGregor, skipper of the brig Minstrel from London , which operated in the waters around the South Shetland Islands between 1820 and 1821.
Web links
- MacGregor Peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- MacGregor Peaks on geographic.org (English)