Peter Crest

Peter Crest (79°39′S 157°57′E) is the summit (1600 m) of Mulgrew Nunatak in Cook Mountains. Named after New Zealand Antarctic veteran Peter D. Mulgrew (Mulgrew Nunatak, q.v.). He perished in the Air New Zealand DC10 scenic flight to Ross Island, 28 November 1979, when the airplane crashed near Te Puna Roimata Peak (spring of tears peak) on the northeast slope of Mount Erebus, killing all 257 persons aboard.

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