Name details

Stoner Peak

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139656

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 distinctive peak, 1301m, surmounting the east extremity of the ridge between Covert Glacier and Spring Glacier and forming its highest point, in northeast Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF10

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after James E. Stoner, cartographer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Active in geodetic control planning and data reduction in U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1981. Member of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geodetic control teams in McMurdo Dry Valleys during the 1986-87 and 1989-90 field seasons, team leader, 1989-90, with additional control work in remote sites working from U.S. icebreakers.

Location

Latitude:
77° 54' 28.3" S
-77.90786°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 06' 15.1" E
163.10419°
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Altitude:
1301 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF10 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
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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