Scorpio Peaks
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 30 ′ S , 67 ° 23 ′ W | |
The Scorpio Peaks are a massif in western Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between the Meiklejohn and Millett glaciers and consists of two tall, conical mountain peaks to the west and a ridge with lower peaks to the east.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the massif after the constellation Scorpio in 1976 .
Web links
- Scorpio peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Scorpio Peaks on geographic.org (English)