Pilcher Peak
| Pilcher Peak | ||
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| height | 950 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 18 ′ 32 " S , 60 ° 49 ′ 20" W | |
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The Pilcher Peak is a turn 950 m high mountain on the Danco Coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises up between the Mouillard glacier and the Lilienthal glacier .
Aerial photographs were taken during the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE, 1956–1957), which the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey used for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain in 1960 after the British aviation pioneer Percy Pilcher (1866-1899).
Web links
- Pilcher Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pilcher Peak on geographic.org (English)