Name details

Porter Peak

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 138380

Feature type: Mountain

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.

Narrative

Peak rising to 824 m with a steep rocky south face and gentle but crevassed east, west and north sides. Named after the Pilatus Porter PC-6 aircraft (1959) used in Antarctica in the 1960s, including by the British Antarctic Survey 1966-68.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

64° 03' 54.0" S

-64.06500°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

60° 40' 03.0" W

-60.66750°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

824 m

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

request by Adrian Fox, June 2018

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

14-Apr-2016

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