This page presents the geographical name data for
Schoening 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):
Schoening Peak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
18882
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
78° 31' 36" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
085° 27' 57" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-78.5266667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-85.4658333
Elevation
(see definition):
4743
Decision Year
(see definition):
11/01/2006
Description
(see definition):
A high, steep and rocky peak (4743 m) at the E edge of the summit plateau of Vinson Massif, 1.8 mi E of Mount Vinson. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2006) after Peter K. Schoening (1936-2004), member of the 1966-67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Vinson Massif and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range.
Date Created
(see definition):
08/07/2007
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Schoening 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
Schoening Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Schoening Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.