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Egress Peak () is a peak rising to east of
Mount Albert Markham The Churchill Mountains are a mountain range group of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica. They border on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier. Several ...
in the
Churchill Mountains The Churchill Mountains are a mountain range group of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica. They border on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier. Seve ...
of Antarctica. Situated at the western extremity of the Carlstrom Foothills, the peak overlooks a ice divide.
Benbrook Glacier Benbrook Glacier () is a glacier long in the Churchill Mountains. It flows south-southeast from Egress Peak, Carlstrom Foothills, into the Flynn Glacier. It was named after James R. Benbrook of the Department of Physics, University of Houston, ...
flows south from the divide into
Flynn Glacier Flynn Glacier () is a glacier about long, draining eastward from Mount Nares in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica, and entering Starshot Glacier south of Kelly Plateau. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander W ...
; an unnamed glacier flows north from the divide into Jorda Glacier. The peak was so named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...
because of the emergence of the two glaciers adjacent to this peak.


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