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Hargreaves Peak (71°37′15″S 170°33′05″E) is the highest peak on Adare Peninsula, Victoria Land, rising to 2,083 metres (6,834 ft). It stands sharply above Downshire Cliffs to the east; with gently descending ice slopes on the western side toward Nameless Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 2008 after Paul Hargreaves, sea cadet aboard HMNZS Hawea on the first New Zealand scientific voyage into the Southern Ocean and Ross Sea in company with HMNZS Endeavour, summer 1956–57; visitor to Scott Base and McMurdo Sound on a Distinguished Visitor tour, in January 1994; Board Member, Antarctica New Zealand from 2001; Chairman, 2003–2008.

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

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Der Hargreaves Peak ist ein 2083 m hoher Berg im ostantarktischen Viktorialand. Er ist die höchste Erhebung der Adare-Halbinsel und ragt westlich sowie oberhalb der Downshire-Kliffs und östlich des Nameless Glacier auf.

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