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This page presents the geographical name data for
Basilisk 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):
Basilisk Peak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
1055
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
59° 25' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
027° 05' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-59.4166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-27.0833333
Elevation
(see definition):
255
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1972
Description
(see definition):
The highest peak, 255 m, marking the crater rim of Bellingshausen Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name as applied by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 "marks the aura of this savage cliff which falls abruptly into a deep and steaming crater where the basilisk of legend might properly have his den."
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Basilisk 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
Basilisk Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Basilisk Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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