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Triune Peaks
Triune
Peaks
are three prominent, sharply pointed rock peaks, rising
12
nautical miles
northeast
of
Mount Balfour
and overlooking
Wordie Ice Shelf
on the
west coast
of
Antarctic Peninsula
. First
roughly
surveyed from the
ground
by
British Graham Land Expedition
, 1936–37.
Photographed
from the air by
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
,
December 1947
. Resurveyed from the ground by
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
, November
1958
. The
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
name derives from the number of peaks in the group.