Rock Pile Peaks

The Rock Pile Peaks stand on the Bermel Peninsula, rising to 1,115 feet between Wilson Pass and Periphery Point on the Bowman Coast of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory.

The mountains were photographed from the air by Wilkins, 20 December 1928 and by Ellsworth on 23 November 1935. They were further photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service in September 1940 and roughly located from the ground in c. 68°16'S 65°07'W in November 1940.

From its distinctively jumbled appearance, the feature was called 'Rock Pile Point', a name later applied to Periphery Point. Following ground survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from 'Stonington Island' in December 1947, the feature was renamed Rock Pile Peaks.

Location

• Location map: 68°24’33"S, 65°7’57"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Rock Pile Peaks