Name details

Seay Peak

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140385

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

An ice-free peak, 1803m above sea level, which is the northeastern summit of the Finger Ridges, on the edge of Churchill Mountains.

Named For

Mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Benny F. Seay, a member of the U.S. Army aviation support unit for Topo North and Topo South (1961-62) which conducted the tellurometer surveys.

Location

Latitude:
79° 04' 54.6" S
-79.08184°
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Longitude:
157° 30' 24.4" E
157.50677°
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Altitude:
1803 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 20_35 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-May-1965

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