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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 10746

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 47' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 17' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.7833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.2833333

Elevation (see definition): 675

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1951

Description (see definition): Peak, 675 m, standing 1 mi NE of Channel Glacier in the N part of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE), 1897-99, under Gerlache. The name, which suggests the shape of the feature, was given by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who mapped the peak in 1944.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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