MacGregor Peaks

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Location of Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island.

MacGregor Peaks are rocky peaks rising to 350 m in the south part of Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

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The peaks are named after Captain Christopher MacGregor, Master of the British sealing vessel Minstrel that visited the South Shetlands in 1820–21.

Location

The peaks are centred at 62°41′50″S60°23′46″W / 62.69722°S 60.39611°W / -62.69722; -60.39611 which is 710 m southwest of Castellvi Peak, 2.83 km west-southwest of Moores Peak and 4.9 km northwest of Canetti Peak (British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Castellvi Peak</span> Mountain in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Castellvi Peak is a peak rising to 350 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island. Situated 800 m northeast of MacGregor Peaks and 1.4 km southwest of Dorotea Peak. Spanish early mapping in 1991. Named for Josefina Castellví i Piulachs, a doyen of the Spanish Antarctic Program.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hurd Peninsula</span>

Hurd Peninsula lies between South Bay and False Bay on the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The Spanish Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base and the Bulgarian St. Kliment Ohridski Base are situated on its west coast.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burdick Peak</span>

Burdick Peak is the summit of Burdick Ridge rising to 773 m southwest of Mount Bowles on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in 1958 for Christopher Burdick, Master of the American schooner Huntress of Nantucket, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Willan Nunatak</span>

Willan Nunatak is an ice-free tipped peak rising to 449 m on the glacial divide between Huntress Glacier and Balkan Snowfield on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is linked to Burdick South Peak to the northeast by Willan Saddle and, via Castillo Nunatak and Charrúa Gap, to Charrúa Ridge to the west.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moores Peak</span> Mountain in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Binn Peak</span> Mountain in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sally Rocks</span> Rocks in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Svelten Peak</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buena Nueva Cove</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glaciar Rocoso Cove</span>

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