Peters Butte

Peters Butte (85°19′S 119°32′W / 85.317°S 119.533°W / -85.317; -119.533Coordinates: 85°19′S 119°32′W / 85.317°S 119.533°W / -85.317; -119.533) is a flat-topped, steep-sided rock butte on the south side of McCarthy Valley in Long Hills, Horlick Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1958-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Norman L. Peters, meteorologist at Byrd Station in 1958.

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