Fairchild Peak is a conspicuous rock peak, 2,180 metres (7,150 ft) high, standing 1.6 nautical miles (3 km) south-southeast of Portal Rock, at the south side of the mouth of Tillite Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William W. Fairchild, a United States Antarctic Research Program cosmic ray scientist at McMurdo Sound, 1961.[1]

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

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