Rose Peak (South Shetlands)

Rose Peak (62°2′S 58°12′W / 62.033°S 58.200°W / -62.033; -58.200) is a peak, 655 m, lying nearly 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Rea Peak and 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Ternyck Needle in the central part of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.

Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for the Enderby Brothers' cutter Rose, tender to the schooner 1833 or January 1834 the Rose was crushed in the pack ice in 6017S, 5326W[clarify]; her crew were rescued by the Hopeful.

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