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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11674

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 82° 14' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 160° 04' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -82.2333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 160.0666667

Elevation (see definition): 2220

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1966

Description (see definition): Snow-covered peak, 2,220 m, standing 4 mi N of Melrose Peak in the central part of Holyoake Range. Mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Merrill J. Peters, U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) field assistant, 1962-63.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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