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Mistake Peak

Mistake Peak

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Balham Valley.

Mistake Peak

77°26′S160°13′E / 77.433°S 160.217°E / -77.433; 160.217. Snowy peak, about 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) high, rising 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west-southwest of Shapeless Mountain, at the south end of the Willett Range. So named in 1957 by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of the (CTAE) (1956-58), because they mistakenly climbed the mountain in the belief they were on Shapeless Mountain.