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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13947

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 13' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 160° 42' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.2166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 160.7

Elevation (see definition): 2535

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

Description (see definition): Mountain, 2,535 m, just W of the head of Frazier Glacier, in the Clare Range of Victoria Land. So named in 1957 by the Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956-58) because the summit is notably asymmetrical from all directions.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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