Smith Peak

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

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

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Place ID: 13537
Name ID: 131799

Feature type: Peak (2d)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A prominent peak of the Walker Mountains, rising SE of the head of Potaka Inlet and 6 mi ENE of Mount Hubbard, on Thurston Island. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for Dean C. Smith, aviation pilot of the ByrdAE in 1928-30.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 10' 00.0" S
-72.16667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
99° 18' 00.0" W
-99.30000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1960

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