This page presents the geographical name data for
Petrel 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):
Petrel Peak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
11687
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
54° 16' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
036° 32' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-54.2666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-36.5333333
Elevation
(see definition):
630
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1960
Description
(see definition):
Peak, 630 m, standing at the N side of Hodges Glacier, 1 mi NW of Grytviken, South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey (SGS) in the period 1951-57. The name was proposed by J. Smith of the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1958, following glaciological investigations as part of the IGY. Petrel Peak is named for the whale-catcher Petrel, belonging to the Compania Argentina de Pesca at Grytviken, and for the snow petrels which nest on the higher rocks of the peak.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Petrel 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
Petrel Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Petrel Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.