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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13363

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 69° 40' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 072° 18' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.6666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.3

Elevation (see definition): 500

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A peak (c. 500 m) in the Desko Mountains (q.v.), located 2 mi SW of Morrill Peak in SE Rothschild Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander James N. Schenck, USCG, Executive Officer of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Staten Island during U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz), 1971.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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