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Stopford Peak
Stopford Peak (63°46′S 61°38′W / 63.767°S 61.633°W / The most prominent feature on the east side of Hoseason
-63.767; -61.633) is a peak, 495 m, on the east side of Island is this peak which rises steeply from a straight
Hoseason Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First roughly piece of coast.
charted and named "Cape Stopford" by Henry Foster in This article incorporates public domain material
1829 for Admiral Sir Robert Stopford (1768–1847), from the United States Geological Survey document
Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, 1827–30, where "Stopford Peak" (content from the Geographic Names In-
Foster’s ship, the Chanticleer, fitted out for the voyage. formation System).
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