This page presents the geographical name data for Statham Peak 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): Statham Peak
Feature Class (see definition): Summit
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 14504
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
67° 41' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
067° 47' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.6833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.7833333
Elevation (see definition): 1170
Decision Year (see definition): No data
Description (see definition): Prominent pointed peak rising to 1,170 m at the SW end of Perplex Ridge, Pourquoi Pas Island, in NE Marguerite Bay. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1979 after David Statham (1938-58), Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) meteorological assistant, Signy Island, 1957-58, and Horseshoe Island, 1958, who was lost with G.A. Stride and S.E. Black when the sea ice between Horseshoe Island and Dion Islands broke up during a sledge journey, May 1958.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data