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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6225

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 08' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 09' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.1333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.15

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): A peak rising from the northeast shoulder of Mount Cabeza in the northeast part of Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago. Mapped from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd., 1956-57. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Stephen Hales (1677-1761), English curate of Teddington, who first estimated blood pressure, and made important advances in hygiene.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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