Name details

Lettau Peak

Lettau Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Lettau Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139638

Feature type: Peak

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A triangular peak at 2453m, 1.8km west-northwest of Fogle Peak, and 3.5km south of the prominent Camels Hump in Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MG09

Named For

Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Bernhard Lettau, Program Manager for Polar Ocean and Climate Sciences in the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, from 1976.

Location

Latitude:
77° 57' 09.3" S
-77.95257°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 29' 50.2" E
162.49728°
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Altitude:
2453 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MG09 : Edition 1.01 Published 2013
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates also checked against REMA 8m tile 18_34

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Sep-1992

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