Rayner Peak () is a prominent

peak Peak or The Peak may refer to: Basic meanings Geology * Mountain peak ** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics * Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion * Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-di ...

, 1,270 m, standing 35 nautical miles (60 km) southwest of the head of

Edward VIII Bay Edward VIII Bay is a bay about in extent, located between Edward VIII Plateau (a dome-shaped, ice-covered peninsula near Magnet Bay) and the Øygarden Group of islands in Antarctica. The head of the bay is occupied by the Edward VIII Ice Shel ...

and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of

Robert Glacier Robert Glacier is the eastern of two glaciers in Kemp Land entering the southern part of Edward VIII Bay . It was seen by Robert Dovers and G. Schwartz in 1954 while carrying out a sledge journey and survey of Edward VIII Bay . The other (western ...

. It was discovered in February 1936 by DI personnel on the ''

William Scoresby William Scoresby (5 October 178921 March 1857) was an English whaler, Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman. Early years Scoresby was born in the village of Cropton near Pickering south-west of Whitby in Yorkshire. His father, William ...

'' and was named for George W. Rayner, a zoologist on the DI staff and leader of the expedition.

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Mountains of Enderby Land {{EnderbyLand-geo-stub

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