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Hurst Peak () is a prominent rock peak, with an altitude of , at the southern end of the
Webers Peaks Webers Peaks () is a line of peaks on a ridge bounded by Splettstoesser Glacier on the north, Balish Glacier on the east and Dobbratz and Fendorf Glaciers on the west, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. They were named by the University ...
in the
Heritage Range The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, long and wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range is complex, consisting of scattered ridges and peaks of mod ...
of Antarctica. It was named by the
University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
Geological Party, 1963–64, for aviation machinist James E. Hurst, who served as a crew member aboard the
LC-47 The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, and SAAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in ...
aircraft that made the first 1963–64 flight to the
Ellsworth Mountains The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minnesota ...
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See also

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Mountains in Antarctica This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Antarctica. Some islands in the South Atlantic have also been included and can be found at the end of the list. Antarctica South Atl ...


References

Ellsworth Mountains Mountains of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub