Feature Name (see definition): Tuorda Peak

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15642

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 59' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 10' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.9833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.1666667

Elevation (see definition): 870

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971

Description (see definition): Peak, 870 m, rising eastward of Ferin Head on the W coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. 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 1959 for Pava L. Tuorda, a Jokkmokk Lapp who, with Anders Rossa, accompanied A.E. Nordenskjold to Greenland in 1883 and first demonstrated the possibilities of skis for polar travel.

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