Juno Peaks

Coordinates: 71°58′S 69°47′W / 71.967°S 69.783°W / -71.967; -69.783
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The Juno Peaks (71°58′S 69°47′W / 71.967°S 69.783°W / -71.967; -69.783) are two steep-sided nunataks with a small rock to the west, forming part of an east–west ridge 6 nautical miles (11 km) southwest of Mimas Peak, lying near the head of Saturn Glacier in southern Alexander Island, Antarctica. They were mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, and from survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948–50. The nunataks were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Juno, one of the asteroids lying between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter.[1]

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  1. ^ "Juno Peaks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 10 April 2013.

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