This page presents the geographical name data for
Stoner 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):
Stoner Peak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
14630
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
77° 54' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
163° 06' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-77.9
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
163.1
Elevation
(see definition):
1300
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1992
Description
(see definition):
A distinctive peak, 1,300 m, surmounting the E extremity of the ridge between Covert Glacier and Spring Glacier and forming its highest point, in NE Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after James E. Stoner, cartographer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); active in geodetic control planning and data reduction in U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1981; member of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geodetic control teams in McMurdo Dry Valleys during the 1986-87 and 1989-90 field seasons; team leader, 1989-90, with additional control work in remote sites working from U.S. icebreakers.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Stoner 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
Stoner Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Stoner Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.