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Feature Name (see definition): Allen Peak Feature Class (see definition): Summit Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 293 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 34' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 086° 51' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.5666667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -86.85 Elevation (see definition): 1880 Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1961 Description (see definition): Peak, 1,880 m, standing 5 mi W of Mount Wyatt Earp and forming the N extremity of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range. Discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth on his trans-Antarctic flight of Nov. 23, 1935. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Robert J. Allen Jr., U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) cartographer and Antarctic specialist, 1950-79; consultant to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Branch of International Acivities from 1980; a member of the Branch of Special Maps who helped prepare the 1962 map of this range. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Allen 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 Allen Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Allen Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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