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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3773

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 55' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 067° 14' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.9166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.2333333

Elevation (see definition): 750

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): The summit of an isolated, partly ice-covered mountain, 750 m, rising from the S part of the glacier close SE of Cape Berteaux on the W coast of Antarctic Peninsula. The approved name derives from "Sommet Deschanel" given by J.B. Charcot, leader of the French Antarctic Expedition, in Jan. 1909.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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