Feature Name (see definition): Mitchell Peak

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 10082

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 76° 25' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 147° 22' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -76.4166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -147.3666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): A solitary peak 13 mi W of Birchall Peaks on the S side of Guest Peninsula in Marie Byrd Land. It was sighted by R. Admiral Byrd, Dec. 5, 1929, while on an airplane flight over this coast. Named by Byrd for Hugh C. Mitchell, mathematician of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, a member of the National Geographic Society committee of experts which determined that Byrd reached both the North and South Poles by airplane in 1926 and 1929, respectively.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data