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Nodwell Peaks

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Nodwell Peaks (64°18′S 59°47′W) are two outstanding peaks, less than 1 mile apart, on the east side of Edgeworth Glacier, Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960–61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Robin-Nodwell Mfg. Ltd. of Calgary, Canada, makers of Nodwell tracked carriers which were invented by Bruce Nodwell, and used in Antarctica since 1960.

Map of Nodwell Peaks, Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Nodwell Peaks" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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