Cole Peak () is a

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, high, located northeast of Mount Doumani at the north side of the Watson Escarpment. It was mapped by the

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from ground surveys and from

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air photos, 1960–63, and named by the

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for Jerry D. Cole, airman with U.S. Navy Squadron

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, 1957 and 1960.

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