Feature Name (see definition): Tournachon Peak

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15448

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 19' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 05' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.3166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.0833333

Elevation (see definition): 860

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): Peak, 860 m, rising S of Spring Point on the W coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Gaspard F. Tournachon (1820-1910), known professionally as Nadar, French portrait photographer and aeronaut who took the first air photos from a captive balloon in 1858 and suggested their use for mapmaking.

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