Fairchild Peak
Fairchild Peak is a conspicuous rock peak, 2,180 metres (7,150 ft) high, standing 1.6 nautical miles (3 km) south-southeast of Portal Rock, at the south side of the mouth of Tillite Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for , a United States Antarctic Research Program cosmic ray scientist at McMurdo Sound, 1961.[1]
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- ^ "Fairchild Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
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Coordinates: 83°52′S 165°41′E / 83.867°S 165.683°E
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