This page presents the geographical name data for
Parkinson 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):
Parkinson Peak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
11376
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
69° 33' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
159° 00' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-69.55
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
159
Elevation
(see definition):
690
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1967
Description
(see definition):
A pyramidal peak (690 m) near the coast in the north-central Wilson Hills. It surmounts the N extremity of the ridge complex that is the divide between Tomilin and Noll Glaciers. Visited in March 1961 by an airborne field party from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) (Magga Dan, 1961) led by Phillip Law. Named for W.D. Parkinson, geophysicist with the expedition.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Parkinson 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
Parkinson Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Parkinson Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.