Name details

Mount Bailey

Bailey, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Bailey  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107634

Feature type: Mountain

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

rising to c. 1450m SW of Anthony Glacier, Wilkins Coast, was surveyed from the ground by BGLE in December 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); photographed from the air by USAS and by RARE; resurveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in 1947; named after Cdr Clay Bailey, USN, member of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35, and of the USAS West Base party, who acted as radio adviser to RARE (APC, 1955, p.4; DCS 601 sheet 70 62, 1956; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). The name of Bailey was originally applied to Friederichsen Glacier (q.v.). Bailey Mount, in error (USBGN, 1956, p.50). Gora Beyli (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 00' 00.0" S
-70.00000°
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Longitude:
63° 13' 00.0" W
-63.21667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Jan-1953

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