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
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No data
Date Edited
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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.