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Dayné Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Dayné Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to 730m in S Wiencke Island, Danco Coast, was photographed and roughly mapped by BeAE in February 1898 (Lecointe, 1903, Carte, 5; 1905, Pl. 12); named Sommet Dayné by FAE, 1903-05, after Pierre Dayné, Italian Alpine guide and a member of the expedition (Charcot, 1906b, p.472). Pic Dayné (Matha and Rey, 1911, Pl. 3 and map following p.616). Dayné Peak (USBGN, 1951, p.16; APC, 1958, p.4; BA chart 3572, 25.vii.1958). Mount Dayné (USHO, 1943, p.133). Pico Dayné (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.284; Pierrou, 1970, p.297; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.94). Monte Dayné, Dainé (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.270, 270a). The peak was resurveyed by FIDS from Norsel in April 1955. Dayne [sic] Peak (BA, 1958, p.84).
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