Misery Peak (85°31′S 178°16′W / 85.517°S 178.267°W / -85.517; -178.267) is a peak, 2,725 metres (8,940 ft) high, at the extreme west side of Roberts Massif, Antarctica, occupied as a survey station. It was so named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition of 1961–62 to describe the many miserable hours spent here while waiting for clouds to disperse.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Misery Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-10-25.

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