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==Isolated features== Isolated features in or near the range include: ===Henry Mesa=== {{coord|79|05|S|159|04|E}}. A distinctive wedge-shaped mesa {{convert|2|mi}} in extent, standing {{convert|4|mi}} south of Mulock Glacier on the west side of Heap Glacier. The ice-covered summit, {{convert|1430|m}} high, is flat except for a cirque which indents the north side. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959-63. Named by US-ACAN for Capt. B.R. Henry, USCG, commander of the Eastwind USN OpDFrz, 1964, and commander of the U.S. ship group, OpDFrz, 1965.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=328}} ===Kanak Peak=== {{coord|79|16|S|158|30|E}}. Conspicuous ice-free peak, {{convert|2,410|m}} high, standing {{convert|6|mi}} northwest of [[Mount Gniewek]] and north of the head of Carlyon Glacier in the Cook Mountains. Mapped by USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. R.A. Kanak, USN, commander of USS Durant on ocean station duty in support of aircraft flights between Christchurch and McMurdo Sound in USN OpDFrz 1963.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=382}} ===Mulgrew Nunatak=== {{coord|79|38|S|157|56|E}}. A prominent [[nunatak]], {{convert|1,600|m}} high, standing {{convert|4|mi}} east of Tentacle Ridge in the Cook Mountains. Mapped by the Darwin Glacier Party of the CTAE (1956-58) and named for P.O. Mulgrew, chief radio operator at Scott Base, who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the South Pole.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=510}} ===Peter Crest=== {{coord|-79.65|157.95}} The summit ({{convert|1600|m}} high) of Mulgrew Nunatak in the Cook Mountains. Named after New Zealand Antarctic veteran Peter D. Mulgrew. He perished in the Air New Zealand DC10 scenic flight to Ross Island, Nov. 28, 1979, when the airplane crashed near Te Puna Roimata Peak (spring of tears peak) on the northeast slope of Mount Erebus, killing all 257 persons aboard.{{sfn|Peter Crest USGS}}
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