Moyes Peak
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Moyes Peak is a small rock peak
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...

 projecting slightly above the ice sheet 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Pearce Peak
Pearce Peak
Pearce Peak is a partially snow-covered ridge, 1,200 m, which appears as a peak when viewed from the north, standing 2 nautical miles south of Moyes Peak and 15 nautical miles south-southwest of Falla Bluff...

, 12 nautical miles (22 km) southwest of Falla Bluff
Falla Bluff
Falla Bluff is a prominent rocky coastal bluff at the head of Utstikkar Bay. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Mawson, and named by him for R.A. Falla, ornithologist with the expedition....

. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, and named by him for Commander Morton H. Moyes, RAN, cartographer of the expedition. The approximate position of this peak was verified in aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy Operation Highjump on February 26, 1947.
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