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Pilcher Peak

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Elevation
  
950 m

Pilcher Peak (64°19′S 60°49′W) is a peak between Mouillard and Lilienthal Glaciers, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Percy Pilcher (1866–1899), British engineer and pioneer of gliding flight.

Map of Pilcher Peak, Antarctica

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

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Pilcher Peak Wikipedia


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