Kanak Peak (79°16′S 158°30′E) is a conspicuous ice-free peak, 2,410 metres (7,900 ft) high, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Mount Gniewek and north of the head of Carlyon Glacier in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander R.A. Kanak, U.S. Navy, commander of USS Durant (DER-389) on ocean station duty in support of aircraft flights between Christchurch and McMurdo Sound in Operation Deep Freeze 1963.
Map of Kanak Peak, Antarctica
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