Sutton Crag is a crag, , standing north of and connected by a long ridge to the west
peak Peak or The Peak may refer to:
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* 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 ...
of
Mount Paget
Mount Paget is a summit of Allardyce Range on the South Atlantic/Antarctic island of South Georgia. It is the highest peak on the island, and also the highest peak in any territory under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom (excluding the Brit ...
in the
Allardyce Range
The Allardyce Range ( es, Cordillera de San Telmo) is a mountain range rising south of Cumberland Bay and dominating the central part of South Georgia, a UK overseas territory. It extends for from Mount Globus in the northwest to Mount Brooke ...
of
South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
. Charted and unofficially named Sentinel or Sentinel Peak by the
British South Georgia Expedition
British may refer to:
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* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
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, 1954–55. To avoid duplication with other "sentinel" names, the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
(UK-APC) in 1957 named this feature for
George A. Sutton, leader of the expedition, who reached the summit in 1954.
References
Cliffs of Antarctica
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