Feature Name (see definition): Detrick Peak

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17877

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 32' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 169° 06' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.5333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 169.1

Elevation (see definition): 700

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2000

Description (see definition): A sharp peak, c.700 m standing 1 mi ESE of Lutz Hill in the Kyle Hills, Ross Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Daniel L. Detrick, physicist/engineer, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, involved in long-term ionospheric research with U.S. Antarctic Project (USAP), including the design and fabrication, as well as deployment of instruments at McMurdo, South Pole, and Siple Stations; more than a dozen visits to Antarctica from 1980.

Date Created (see definition): 10/27/2000

Date Edited (see definition): No data