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Olsen Peak: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Olsen Peak in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Olsen Peak

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11071

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 32' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 086° 29' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.5333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -86.4833333

Elevation (see definition): 2140

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1961

Description (see definition): Peak, 2,140 m, standing 2 mi NW of Mount Wyatt Earp near the N end of the Sentinel Range. Discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth on his trans-Antarctic flight of Nov. 23, 1935. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Hartveg Olsen, captain of Ellsworth's expedition ship Wyatt Earp in 1935-36.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Olsen Peak in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Olsen Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Olsen Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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