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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 602

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 24' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 053° 23' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.4

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 53.3833333

Elevation (see definition): 1470

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): Peak, 1,470 m, standing 15 mi SE of Mount Codrington in Enderby Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Austnuten (the east peak). Rephotographed by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1956. An astrofix was obtained nearby in December 1959 by J.C. Armstrong, Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) surveyor at Mawson, for whom the feature was renamed by ANCA in 1960.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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