Messent peak

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Messent peak
height 1100  m
location Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
Mountains Bristly Peaks
Coordinates 69 ° 23 '48 "  S , 66 ° 13' 45"  W Coordinates: 69 ° 23 '48 "  S , 66 ° 13' 45"  W
Messent Peak (Antarctic Peninsula)
Messent peak

The Messent Peak is a 1,100  m high mountain in the center of the Antarctic Peninsula . In Graham Land , he stands out as one of the peaks of the Bristly Peaks immediately west of Brodie Peak and 8 km southwest of Mount Castro on.

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1977 after David R. Messent (* 1943), geodesist of the United States Army Topographic Command , who belonged to the winter team at Palmer Station in 1969 .

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