This page presents the geographical name data for
Tribby 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):
Tribby Peak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
18589
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
71° 56' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
097° 48' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-71.9333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-97.8
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/2003
Description
(see definition):
A peak 1.5 mi W of Mount Bubier on Edwards Peninsula, Thurston Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Osborne M. Tribby, Pharmacist's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump; aircrewman on the PBM Mariner flight to Noville Peninsula, Jan. 11-12, 1947, in which survivors of the Dec. 30 PBM crash were rescued and returned to the seaplane tender Pine Island.
Date Created
(see definition):
01/23/2004
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Tribby 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
Tribby Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Tribby Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.