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Shark Peak: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Shark 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): Shark Peak

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13660

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 03' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 41' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.05

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 62.6833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1970

Description (see definition): An isolated nunatak 3.5 mi SSW of Van Hulssen Nunatak in the Framnes Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Hanuten (the shark peak). The translated form of the name recommended by ANCA has been adopted.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Shark 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 Shark Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Shark Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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