Deacon Peak () is a
peak, high, marking the summit of
Penguin Island, at the east side of the entrance to
King George Bay
King George Bay () is a large bay on the coast of West Falkland in the Falkland Islands, facing westwards. There are three settlements on the bay Chartres, Dunnose Head and Roy Cove. Storm Mountain is on the north coast. It contains numerou ...
, in the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...
. It was charted in 1937 by
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London ...
personnel on the ''
Discovery II'', who named it for Sir
George E.R. Deacon.
References
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Mountains of the South Shetland Islands
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