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

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14622

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 24' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 09' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.4

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.15

Elevation (see definition): 800

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A group of peaks rising to c. 800 m between McCallum Pass and Sighing Peak on the N side of Wright Peninsula, Adelaide Island. Photographed from the air by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956-57, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1961-62. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 for Jeffrey C.A. Stokes, Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) assistant surveyor, Admiralty Bay, 1959-60, and Adelaide Island, 1960-61.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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