Name details

Painted Peak

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2074

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 prominent peak on the northern spur of the North Masson Range, Mac.Robertson Land. This feature is conspicuous by its red-brown colouring. It was used as a tellurometer station by D.R. Carstens, surveyor at Mawson in 1962.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 45' 38.5" S
-67.76069°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
62° 50' 30.8" E
62.84189°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
750.9 m
Accurate to 20m

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1992
Catalogue id
1038C5
Caption
[All uses of this image except AAD non-commercial must be cleared with Kevin Sheridan prior to use. Ph 02 68 846 388]
Photographer
Sheridan, Kevin P (Kev)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
fram25k
Source Scale:
1:2000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Oct-1960

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