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This page presents the geographical name data for
Block 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):
Block Peak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
1538
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
85° 41' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
176° 13' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-85.6833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
176.2166667
Elevation
(see definition):
2770
Decision Year
(see definition):
No data
Description
(see definition):
A peak, 2,770 m, standing 4 mi NW of Mauger Nunatak in the Grosvenor Mountains. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) flight to the South Pole in November 1929, and named by him for William Block, son of Paul Block who was a patron of the expedition.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Block 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
Block Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Block Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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