Feature Name (see definition): Creswick Peaks

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3307

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 70° 28' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 067° 43' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -70.4666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.7166667

Elevation (see definition): 1465

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): An impressive mountain massif with several peaks, the highest 1,465 m, standing at the NE side of Moore Point between Naess and Meiklejohn Glaciers, and 3 mi inland from George VI Sound on the W coast of Palmer Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954 after Frances E. Creswick (now Mrs. James I. Moore--see Moore Point), Asst. to the Dir. of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, 1931-38, who helped to organize the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37.

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