Name details

Mount Rosenwald

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139512

Feature type: Mountain

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A spectacular mountain c.3450m which forms a distinctive landmark between the heads of Gallup and Baldwin Glaciers in the Queen Maud Mountains. The mountain is entirely snow covered on the southwest side but has nearly vertical exposed-rock cliffs on the northeast side.

Named For

Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on the South Pole Flight of November 1929. Named by Byrd for Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, a contributor to the ByrdAE of 1928-30 and 1933-35.

Location

Latitude:
85° 03' 40.8" S
-85.06134°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
179° 02' 44.7" W
-179.04575°
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Altitude:
3377 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
10400100154CC400
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates also checked against Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018 : SETSM_WV02_20140304_103001002E4EBA00_103001002D3E5500_seg1_2m_v1.0_dem, noting this area is patchy.

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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