The Kester Peaks () are three aligned rock peaks standing together south of

Mount Malville Mount Malville () is a mountain, high, standing southwest of Ackerman Nunatak in the northern part of the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Mapping and name Mount Malville was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) ...

on the east side of the

Forrestal Range The Forrestal Range () is a largely snow-covered mountain range, about long, standing east of Dufek Massif and the Neptune Range in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. Discovered and photographed on 13 January 1956 on a transcontinental patrol ...

, in the

Pensacola Mountains The Pensacola Mountains are a large group of mountain ranges of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Queen Elizabeth Land region of Antarctica. Geography They extend 450 km (280 mi) in a NE-SW direction. Subranges of the ...

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Mapping and name

The Kester Peaks were mapped by the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...

(USGS) from surveys and

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

air photos from 1956 to 1966, They were named by the United States

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 ...

(US-ACAN) for Larry T. Kester, a photographer with United States Navy Squadron

VX-6 Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6 or AIRDEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, "puckered penguins") was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Established at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, ...

during

Operation Deep Freeze Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There w ...

in 1964.

Location

The Kester Peaks are towards the north of the

, which trends north-northeast between the

Sallee Snowfield Sallee Snowfield () is a large snowfield between the Dufek Massif and northern Forrestal Range in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Mapping and name The Sallee Snowfield was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and Uni ...

to the west and the

Support Force Glacier Support Force Glacier is a major glacier in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northward between the Forrestal Range and Argentina Range to the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and US Navy air p ...

to the east. They are south of

and north of the

Lexington Table The Forrestal Range () is a largely snow-covered mountain range, about long, standing east of Dufek Massif and the Neptune Range in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. Discovered and photographed on 13 January 1956 on a transcontinental patrol ...

. Nearby features to the south include the Lance Rocks, Crouse Spur and Gray Hill.

Nearby features

Lance Rocks

. Two rocks lying together at the northeast end of Grouse Spur. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956–66. Named by US-ACAN for Captain Samuel J. Lance, United States Air Force, navigator and member of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957–58.

Crouse Spur

. A partly snow and rock spur descending from the east side of Forrestal Range, south of Kester Peaks. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956–66. Named by US-ACAN for Carl L. Crouse, construction man with the Ellsworth Station winter party, 1957.

Gray Hill

. A mainly ice-covered hill, high, standing south of Crouse Spur on the east side of Forrestal Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956–66. Named by US-ACAN for Master Sergeant Kitt Gray, United States Air Force, flight engineer and member of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957–58.

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