This page presents the geographical name data for
Le Vaux 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):
Le Vaux Peak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
8759
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
76° 40' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
125° 43' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-76.6666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-125.7166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1962
Description
(see definition):
A small peak on the east side of the crater rim of Mount Cumming in the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1958-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Howard A. Le Vaux, auroral physicist at Byrd Station, 1959, and a member of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party, 1959-60.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Le Vaux 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
Le Vaux Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Le Vaux Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.