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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 420

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 52' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 02' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.8666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.0333333

Elevation (see definition): 1230

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): Ice-capped peak, 1,230 m, with rocky exposures on its E side, lying 9 mi N of Cape Fairweather on the E coast of Graham Land. Charted in 1947 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and named by them for Karl Andreas Andersson, zoologist with the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), who explored along this coast in 1902.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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