Chanute Peak

Chanute Peak (

63°56′S 59°58′W / 63.933°S 59.967°W / -63.933; -59.967Coordinates: 63°56′S 59°58′W / 63.933°S 59.967°W / -63.933; -59.967) is a peak in Korten Ridge on the east side of Lanchester Bay, 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Wennersgaard Point, Davis Coast in Graham Land. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Octave Chanute, an American designer of gliders who first introduced moveable planes for the purpose of control and stability in 1896–97.^[1]

Map[]

• Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References[]

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Chanute Peak". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)