Aker Peaks also known as Akar Peaks or Aker Range, are a series of mainly snow-covered peaks

Summit (topography)

In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

, the highest at 1800 metres (5,905.5 ft), extending 9 miles (14 km) in a northwest–southeast direction. They rise 4 miles (6 km) west of Nicholas Range

Nicholas Range (Antarctic)

Nicholas Range is a range of mountains in the Antarctic. The range is situated 46 km southwest of Magnet Bay in Kemp Land. They were discovered on 12 January 1930 as part of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Douglas Mawson and were named after G.R....

 and 30 mile west-northwest of Edward VIII Bay

Edward VIII Bay

Edward VIII Bay is a bay about 20 miles in extent, located between Edward VIII Plateau and the Øygarden Group of islands. The head of the bay is occupied by the Edward VIII Ice Shelf...

. They were discovered on January 14, 1931 by a Norwegian whaling

Whaling

Whaling is the hunting of whales mainly for meat and oil. Its earliest forms date to at least 3000 BC. Various coastal communities have long histories of sustenance whaling and harvesting beached whales...

 expedition under O. Borchgrevink, who named them after the farm of Director Svend Foyn Bruun, Sr.

Svend Foyn Bruun, Sr.

Svend Foyn Bruun, Sr. was a Norwegian naval officer, ship-owner and whaler, and politician for the Conservative Party. He ran the company Bruun & von der Lippe from 1919 to 1945, co-founded Kosmos and was a four term member of the Parliament of Norway.-Personal life:He was born in Tønsberg as a...

 of the Antarctic Whaling Company at Tønsberg

Tønsberg

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....

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