Name details

Kemp Peak

Kemp Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Kemp Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1966

Feature type: Peak

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 peak in the Stillwell Hills, just south-east of Stefansson Bay in Kemp Land. Discovered on about 5 January, 1930, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson, who called it Stanley Kemp Peak after Dr. Stanley W. Kemp, Director of Research of Discovery Investigations, 1924-36, and later called Kemp Peak as first names are not used for nomenclature matters.

Named For

Dr. Stanley W. Kemp, Director of Research of Discovery Investigations, 1924-36

Location

Latitude:
67° 25' 34.5" S
-67.42625°
Accurate to 100m
Longitude:
59° 24' 08.5" E
59.40236°
Accurate to 100m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
E113_CIR_149_1X
Source Scale:
1:20000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
LIMA Mosaic - E149_CIR_432_1X Aerial photo ANTC1038/Run3/Frame30 captured 1997 AAD

Comments

Description is not correct - peak is 600m SE Kemp Lake

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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