Name details

Mount Forecast

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1676

Feature type: Mountain

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A large mountain in the Bennett Escarpment, consisting of several peaks, about 37 km south-west of Crohn Massif in the Prince Charles Mountains. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by S L Kirkby, surveyor at Mawson in 1956, and on aerial photography by ANARE in 1965. Named after Mark J Forecast, weather observer at Wilkes in 1965.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 39' 48.6" S
-70.66350°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
64° 19' 54.5" E
64.33181°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
10-Aug-1966

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