Name details

Crookes Peak

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 123955

Feature type: Peak (2d)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Peak at the E side of Widmark Ice Piedmont, midway between Stair Hill and Rugg Peak on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the UK-APC in 1959 for Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), English chemist and physicist whose pioneer work on the optical properties of tinted glass in 1909-13 led to the design of the first satisfactory snow goggles and the prevention of snow blindness.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 14' 00.0" S
-66.23333°
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Longitude:
65° 18' 00.0" W
-65.30000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1971

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