This page presents the geographical name data for
Phoenix 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):
Phoenix Peak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
11731
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 24' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
059° 39' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.4
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-59.65
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1964
Description
(see definition):
A peak immediately S of Muskeg Gap at the N end of Sobral Peninsula, Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after the Phoenix Manufacturing Co. of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, which started in 1906-07 to design and build steam "locomotive sleds" for hauling logs over ice and snow, probably the earliest successful vehicles of their type.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Phoenix 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
Phoenix Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Phoenix Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.