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Feature Name (see definition): Wheat, Mount Feature Class (see definition): Summit Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 16495 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.8333333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.3833333 Elevation (see definition): 1100 Decision Year (see definition): No data Description (see definition): A prominent mountain (1,100 m) forming the highest point in Wall Range, rising immediately N of Thunder Glacier in the center of Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago. Probably first observed by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) which circumnavigated Wiencke Island in 1898. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Commander Luther William Wheat, U.S. Navy (USN), helicopter commander with Squadron VXE-6, Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz), 1975-78; Aviation Projects Manager, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 1978; member, U.S. Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, 1979-88. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data
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