Chanute Peak

Chanute Peak (63°56′S 59°58′W) 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]

Location of Davis Coast.

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

References
  1. "Chanute Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-02.

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