Maling Peak
| Maling Peak | ||
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| height | 430 m | |
| location | Coronation Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 45 ° 40 ′ 59 ″ W | |
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The Maling Peak 430 m high mountain on the south coast of Coronation Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is the southernmost of two prominent mountains that rise 800 m northwest of Cape Vik .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations carried out rough surveys of the mountain in 1933. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1955 after Derek Hilton Maling (1923-1998), meteorologist of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey on Signy Island in 1948 and 1949, who was involved in triangulation surveys of Signy Island and the south coast of Coronation Island .
Web links
- Maling Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Maling Peak on geographic.org (English)