Name details

Stride Peak

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111436

Feature type: Peak

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

rising to 675m at the head of Dal- gliesh Bay, Pourquoi Pas Island, following geological work by BAS from "Stonington Island" in 1965 and 1970, was named after Geoffrey A. Stride (1927-58), FIDS Diesel mechanic, "Horseshoe Island", 1958, who with S.E. Black (Black Pass, q.v.) and D. Statham (Statham Peak, q.v.) was lost between Horseshoe Island and Dion Islands in May 1958, when sea ice broke up; he served as cook with FIDASE, 1956-57 (APC, 1982, p.3).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 41' 00.0" S
-67.68333°
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Longitude:
67° 38' 00.0" W
-67.63333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
11-Jun-2008

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