Dickens Peak (72°8′S99°19′W) is a peak 1.5 nautical miles (3km) north-northwest of Smith Peak in the Walker Mountains of north-central Thurston Island. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Aviation Machinist's Mate J.D. Dickens, an aircrewman in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this peak and adjacent coastal areas, 1946–47.[1]
Map of Thurston Island.Satellite image of Thurston Island.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
References
"Dickens Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
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