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Larssen Peak is a peak, 1,550 metres (5,100 ft) high, between the Three Brothers and Marikoppa in the Allardyce Range of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Harald Larssen, manager at the Compañía Argentina de Pesca station, Grytviken, 1951–54.
References
- ↑ "McIlroy Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ↑ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 477. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
This article incorporates public domain material from "McIlroy Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
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