Hales Peak () is a peak rising from the northeast shoulder of

Mount Cabeza Mount Cabeza () is a mountain in Stavertsi Ridge on the southeast side of Pare Glacier, southwest of Hales Peak, in the northeast portion of Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archip ...

in the northeast part of

Brabant Island Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is long north-south, wide, and rises to in Mount Parry. The interi ...

Palmer Archipelago Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anvers ...

, Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by

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, 1956–57, and was named by the

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for the Englishman

Stephen Hales Stephen Hales (17 September 16774 January 1761) was an English clergyman who made major contributions to a range of scientific fields including botany, pneumatic chemistry and physiology. He was the first person to measure blood pressure. He al ...

, curate of

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, who first estimated blood pressure, and made important advances in hygiene.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000

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of Antarctica.

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an interdisciplinary body of the International Science Council, International Science Council (ISC). SCAR coordinates international scientific research efforts in Antarctica, including th ...

(SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
Brabant Island to Argentine Islands.
Scale 1:250000 topographic map.

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, 2008.

References

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