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Precious Peaks (62°4′S 58°20′W) is a line of about three dark peaks at the northeast side of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Alan Precious of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), meteorological observer at Hope Bay in 1954 and 1955, and leader at the Admiralty Bay station in 1957.

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

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Die Precious Peaks (in Chile Promontorio Negro Notable ‚Markantes Schwarzes Vorgebirge‘) sind drei Berge aus dunklem Gestein auf King George Island im Archipel der Südlichen Shetlandinseln. Sie ragen am Nordostufer des Martel Inlet auf.

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