McIlroy Peak
# McIlroy Peak

McIlroy Peak (54°11′S 36°46′W﻿ / ﻿54.183°S 36.767°W﻿ / -54.183; -36.767) is a peak rising to 745 metres (2,440ft) west of Husvik Harbour and 0.8 nautical miles (1.5km) south of Mount Barren, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 after Dr. James A. McIlroy, surgeon on the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–16, in the Endurance, and on the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, 1921–22, in the Quest.

