This page presents the geographical name data for Maling 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): Maling Peak
Feature Class (see definition): Summit
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 9316
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
60° 39' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
045° 40' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.65
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -45.6666667
Elevation (see definition): 430
Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956
Description (see definition): Peak, 430 m, which is southernmost of two conspicuous peaks 0.5 mi NW of Cape Vik on the S coast of Coronation Island, on the South Orkney Islands. Roughly surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Derek H. Maling, Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) meteorologist at Signy Island in 1948 and 1949, who made a survey triangulation of Signy Island and the S coast of Coronation Island.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data