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This page presents the geographical name data for
Peary, Mount 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):
Peary, Mount
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
11500
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
65° 15' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
063° 52' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-65.25
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-63.8666667
Elevation
(see definition):
1900
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1950
Description
(see definition):
Conspicuous massif, 1,900 m, with a flat, snow-covered summit several miles in extent, surmounted by a marginal peak on the W, standing 7 mi ENE of Cape Tuxen and dominating the area between Wiggins and Bussey Glaciers on the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1908-10, under Charcot and named by him for R. Admiral Robert E. Peary, U.S. Navy (USN), American Arctic explorer and first to attain the North Pole, in 1909.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Peary, Mount 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
Peary, Mount information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Peary, Mount should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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