McIlroy Peak (54°11′S 36°46′W / 54.183°S 36.767°W) is a peak rising to 745 metres (2,440 ft) west of Husvik Harbour and 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) south of Mount Barren, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 after Dr. James A. McIlroy, surgeon on the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–16, in the Endurance, and on the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, 1921–22, in the Quest.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ "McIlroy Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 477. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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