Name details

Gui Shan

Gui Shan (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Gui Shan  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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China Gazetteer Id 106562

Feature type: Hill

Origin

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

Narrative

A round form small hill Southeast of Great Wall Station. The hill is covered with smash decayed rocks. On the peak of the mountain there is a wooden sign placed by the Marsh Base. This hill forms like the back of a turtle, connected with a long mountain in the east. The team member of the first adventure team from Wuhan named E Dongchen name this hill by using the name of a mountain in his hometown when surveying and mapping in 1985.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 13' 18.7" S
-62.22187°
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Longitude:
58° 57' 17.8" W
-58.95493°
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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:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates, date named and narrative updated as of request by Songtao Ai of 5 June 2015 (J. Muller)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1985

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