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Chanute Peak
Chanute
Peak
is a
peak
in
Korten Ridge
on the
east side
of
Lanchester Bay
,
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.
Map
Scale
1:250000
topographic map
No. 5697. Institut
für
Angewandte
Geodäsie and
British Antarctic Survey
,
1996
.