Precious Peaks

Precious Peaks is a line of about three dark peaks at the northeast side of Martel Inlet, Admiralty [Bay (South Shetland Islands)|Admiralty Bay], on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Alan Precious of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, meteorological observer at Hope Bay in 1954 and 1955, and leader at the Admiralty Bay station in 1957.