Name details

Turk Peak

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 132959

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

A large hump-shaped peak, 2,000 m, being the central of three peaks on a ridge 6 mi N of Mount Zinkovich, in the Churchill Mountains. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Col. Wilbert Turk, commander of the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron which initiated the flights of C-130 Hercules aircraft in Antarctica in January 1960.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
81° 02' 00.0" S
-81.03333°
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Longitude:
158° 23' 00.0" E
158.38333°
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Altitude:
2000 m
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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:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1965

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