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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3266

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 27' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 168° 41' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.45

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 168.6833333

Elevation (see definition): 1840

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

Description (see definition): A mostly snow-covered peak (1,840 m) located mid-way along the W wall of Pitkevitch Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Eugene D. Crandall, U.S. Navy Reserve (USNR), Aircraft Commander (LC-130F) with Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze 1968.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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