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Goldstream Peak: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Goldstream 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): Goldstream Peak

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5806

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 86° 41' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 148° 30' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -86.6833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -148.5

Elevation (see definition): 2800

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A peak rising to c. 2,800 m at the junction of ridges from Mount Gjertsen, Mount Grier, and Johansen Peak, in the La Gorce Mountains. The peak was geologically mapped by a U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) - Arizona State University field party, 1980-81, and named by Edmund Stump, leader of the party. The name derives from a contact between shallow intrusions on the W face of the peak, which has produced gold, yellow, and brown coloration along a meandering line.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Goldstream 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 Goldstream Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Goldstream Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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