This page presents the geographical name data for
Chang 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):
Chang Peak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2615
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
77° 04' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
126° 38' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-77.0666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-126.6333333
Elevation
(see definition):
2920
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1962
Description
(see definition):
A snow-covered subsidiary peak (2,920 m) on the northeastern slope of Mount Waesche, in the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Feng-Keng (Frank) Chang, Traverse Seismologist at Byrd Station, 1959, and a member of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party that explored this area, 1959-60.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Chang 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
Chang Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Chang Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.