Staccato Peaks
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Staccato Peaks () is a series of rock peaks extending 11 miles (18 km) in a north-south direction, rising from the snowfields 20 miles (32 km) south of the Walton Mountains in the south part of Alexander Island. First seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935, and mapped from photos taken on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. Remapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. The name, given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), refers to the precipitous and abrupt way in which the peaks rise from the surrounding snowfields and is associated with other musical names in the vicinity.
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