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The Satellite 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...

 rising to 1,100 m, protruding slightly above the ice sheet 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest 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...

 and 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Baillieu Peak
Baillieu Peak
Baillieu Peak is a peak, high, that rises above the ice sheet south of Cape Bruce and west-southwest of Pearce Peak. It was discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Mawson, and named for Clive Latham Baillieu , a patron of the...

. Discovered and named in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson. 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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