The Rock Pile Peaks are a cluster of peaks rising to 1,110 m between Wilson Pass

Wilson Pass

Wilson Pass is a glacier pass at about 400 m, running NW-SE between Bowditch Crests and Rock Pile Peaks on Bermel Peninsula, Bowman Coast. The pass leads from Solberg Inlet to Mobiloil Inlet. The feature was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth, 1935, the United States Antarctic...

 and Rock Pile Point

Rock Pile Point

Rock Pile Point is the east point of Bermel Peninsula on the Bowman Coast, Graham Land. This feature was photographed from the air and roughly positioned by United States Antarctic Service , 1939–41, which applied the descriptive name Rock Pile Point to the peninsula; the name was subsequently...

 on Bermel Peninsula

Bermel Peninsula

The Bermel Peninsula is a rugged, mountainous peninsula, approximately 15 mi long and 7 mi wide, located at between Solberg Inlet and Mobiloil Inlet on the Bowman Coast, Graham Land, Antarctica...

, Bowman Coast

Bowman Coast

The Bowman Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Northrop and Cape Agassiz. It was discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins in an aerial flight of December 20, 1928. It was named by Wilkins for Isaiah Bowman, then Director of the American Geographical Society....

, Graham Land

Graham Land

Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

 in Antarctica.

The peaks were photographed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins

Hubert Wilkins

Sir Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer.-Early life:...

 in 1928 and Lincoln Ellsworth

Lincoln Ellsworth

Lincoln Ellsworth was an arctic explorer from the United States.-Birth:He was born on May 12, 1880 to James Ellsworth and Eva Frances Butler in Chicago, Illinois...

 in 1935, and were roughly mapped from the photographs by W. L. G. Joergin 1937. They were further photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940 and then surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1947. The name Rock Pile Peaks was suggested by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1952. It derives from Rock Pile Point, a name applied descriptively to Bermel Peninsula by USAS, 1939–41, but subsequently reapplied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 to the east point of the cove

Cove

A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. They usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often inside a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creeks, or recesses in a coast are often considered coves...

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