Name details

Mount Tricorn

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111648

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 1615m between Swann Glacier and Waverly Glacier, near head of Wright Inlet, Lassiter coast, was photographed from the air by USAS, 30 December 1940; because of an error in navigation on this flight, mapped c.80 km SSE of its true position; so named from its resemblance to a three-cornered hat ([in 74°40'S 60°30'W] USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; Ronne, 1945, map p.14; [co-ordinates corrected] BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.21; DOS 601 sheet W 73 60, 1957; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969). Monte Tricorn (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). The mountain was identified and surveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947 (Mason, 1950a, p.151). Monte Acevedo, so called after a Chilean pioneer of aviation (Orrego Vicuña, 1948, p.203 and end map). Tricorn-Fjellet, Tricorn (Rønne, 1950b, p.135, 149). Mount Tricorne [sic] (FIG, 1950, photograph following p.20). Monte Tricorno (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.329). Monte Tricornio (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1954; Pierrou, 1970, p.695; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.281). Steekberg [translation of English name], Tricorn Berg (Knapp, 1958, p.586-87). Gora Traykorn (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The mountain was further photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 58' 00.0" S
-73.96667°
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Longitude:
61° 43' 00.0" W
-61.71667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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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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