This page presents the geographical name data for
Rea 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):
Rea Peak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
12410
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
62° 01' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
058° 09' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.0166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-58.15
Elevation
(see definition):
590
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1960
Description
(see definition):
Peak, 590 m, lying nearly 2 mi NE of Rose Peak and 1.5 mi NW of Mount Hopeful in the central part of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Henry Rea, Master of the Enderby Brothers' schooner the tender Rose to continue John Biscoe's Antarctic researches. The Antarctic voyage was abandoned after the December 1833 or January 1834.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Rea 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
Rea Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Rea Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.