Aker Peaks
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Aker Peaks () is a series of mainly snow-covered peaks, the highest 1,800 m, extending 9 miles (14 km) in a NW-SE direction. They rise 4 miles (6 km) west of Nicholas Range and 30 miles (48 km) west-northwest of Edward VIII Bay. Discovered on January 14, 1931 by a Norwegian whaling expedition under O. Borchgrevink, who named them after the farm of Director Svend Foyn Brunn of the Antarctic Whaling Company at Tonsberg.
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