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Feature Name (see definition): Santos Peak Feature Class (see definition): Summit Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 13289 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 25' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 32' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.4166667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.5333333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): Peak lying S of Murray Island, on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932), Brazilian inventor resident in France, who designed and flew 14 small airships and accomplished the first official powered flight in Europe in 1906. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Santos 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 Santos Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Santos Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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