Feature Name (see definition): Pawson Peak

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11470

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 11' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 058° 28' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.1833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -58.4666667

Elevation (see definition): 250

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): Solitary peak of irregular conical shape, rising to 250 m WNW of Sphinx Hill, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Named in 1977 by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Kenneth Pawson, Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) meteorological observer, Port Lockroy, 1947-48; general assistant, Admiralty Bay, 1948-50. The name "Czajkowski Needle" was applied to this feature by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1977-78, after Ryszard Czajkowski, a geophysicist with the expedition who climbed the peak.

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