Hayes Peak is a conical peak in Antarctica, that reaches 340 metres (1,120 ft) high, rising through the ice slopes 2 nautical miles (4 km) south of Cape Bruce and Oom Bay. It was discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who named it after Reverend James Gordon Hayes.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Hayes Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

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67°28′S 60°46′E / 67.467°S 60.767°E / -67.467; 60.767


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