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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]

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)

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Der Chanute Peak ist ein 1095 m hoher Berg an der Davis-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Er ragt 6 km südlich des Kap Wennersgaard am Ostufer der Lanchester Bay auf.

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