Pilate's Peak

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Pilate's Peak
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height 982  m
location Grahamland ( Antarctic Peninsula )
Coordinates 64 ° 3 '42 "  S , 60 ° 37' 54"  W Coordinates: 64 ° 3 '42 "  S , 60 ° 37' 54"  W
Pilatus Peak (Antarctic Peninsula)
Pilate's Peak

The Pilatus peak is a 982  m high mountain on the Davis Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises immediately southwest of Langley Peak from the western end of the Wright Piedmont Glacier and is the highest peak in the region.

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2016. It is named after the Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft , whose Pilatus PC-6 aircraft were used in Antarctica in the 1960s .

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