Name details

Pilon Peak

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139900

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 prominent peak at 1880m, 4km from the summit of Mount Works along the north side of Horne Glacier, in Everett Range, Concord Mountains.

Named For

Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Jerome R. Pilon, U.S. Navy (USN), Operations Officer of Antarctic Development Squadron Six (1967-68), Executive Officer (1968-69), and Commanding Officer (1969-70). Commander Pilon served on the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 1976-78.

Location

Latitude:
71° 14' 15.6" S
-71.23767°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
164° 56' 29.5" E
164.94154°
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Altitude:
1862 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 11_36 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

NULL

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-May-1969

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