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Peary, Mount: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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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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