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Grimsley Peaks
The Grimsley Peaks () are five linear peaks just south of Stor Hanakken Mountain in the Napier Mountains of Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition of 1936–37. They were remapped from air photos taken by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956 and were named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for S.W. Grimsley, a technical officer (ionosphere) at Wilkes Station in 1961.
in 1960. Members of this party included Syd Kirkby and Terence James Elkins.
Features.
Geographic features of the Napier Mountains include:
- Fitzgerald Nunataks
- Grimsley Peaks
- Mount Breckinridge
- Mount Codrington
- Mount Elkins
- Mount Griffiths
- Mount Maines
- Mount Rabben
- Skorefjell
- Stor Hånakken Mountain
- Wilkinson Peaks
- Young Nunataks
Geology & orogeny.
The Napier Complex is among the most ancient terrestrial terranes on Earth. Its evolution is characterized by high