
Flinders Peak
(Bristly Peaks)
British Antarctic Territory
Location: 69° 19' 55" S 66° 40' 28" W
rising to 960m at W end of Bristly Peaks, Fallières Coast, was photographed from the air by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1 February 1937, and by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in December 1947; surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from 'Stonington Island' in December 1958; in association with the names of pioneers of navigation grouped in this area, named after Capt. Matthew Flinders, RN (1774-1814), the navigator who discovered the cause of deviation in magnetic compasses and pointed the way to a solution of the problem, 1805-14.