Pilcher Peak

Pilcher Peak (64°19′S 60°49′W / 64.317°S 60.817°W / -64.317; -60.817Coordinates: 64°19′S 60°49′W / 64.317°S 60.817°W / -64.317; -60.817) is a peak between Mouillard and Lilienthal Glaciers, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Percy Pilcher (1866–1899), British engineer and pioneer of gliding flight.

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