Chanute Peak
| Chanute Peak | ||
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| height | 1095 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 55 '3 " S , 59 ° 52' 40" W | |
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The Chanute Peak is a 1,095 m high mountain on the Davis Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 6 km south of Cape Wennersgaard on the east bank of Lanchester Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the US aviation pioneer Octave Chanute (1832-1910), who constructed the first maneuverable glider planes between 1896 and 1897 .
Web links
- Chanute Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chanute Peak on geographic.org (English)