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-'''Kessens Peak''' (86°51',146°41'W) is a peak, 2,660 m high, located 5 nautical miles southeast of [[Mount Paine]] in the [[La Gorce Mountains]], in Westarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Gerard R. Kessens of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, a photographer on Operation Deep Freeze in 1966 and 1967.
+[[File:Kessens-Peak.jpg|350px|thumb|Map showing the location of Kessens Peak highlighted with a red circle.]]
+'''Kessens Peak''' (86°51',146°41'W) is a 2,660 meter high peak located 5 nautical miles southeast of [[Mount Paine]] in the [[La Gorce Mountains]], in [[Westarctica]].
-Tyler Koenig is the current Count of Kessens.
+==Discovery and name==
+The peak was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos collected during the years 1960–63. Kessens Peak was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Gerard R. Kessens of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6. Kessens served as a photographer during Operation Deep Freeze in 1966 and 1967.
+==Peerage title==
+On 13 November 2017, Tyler Koenig was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Count of Kessens.
 [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]