Name details

Schauinsland

Schauinsland (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Schauinsland  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Germany Gazetteer Id 107075

Feature type: Peak (2a)

Origin

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

Narrative

W-most mountain peak of Butson Ridge (eng)/cordón Molinero (spa), separating Northeast Glacier from McClary Glacier, Marguerite Bay, W side of the Antarctic Peninsula. Important survey reference and viewpoint for geoscientific work during a field campaign 1994/95 of the Institue for Geography, University of Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Named For

Named in accordance to the mountain 'Schauinsland' ('Panoramic view of the area') located in the mountain chain 'Schwarzwald' (Black Forest), Germany.

Location

Latitude:
68° 06' 00.0" S
-68.10000°
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Longitude:
67° 01' 00.0" W
-67.01667°
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Altitude:
473 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Applied for name approval 1996-AUG-01; factually checked and approved by Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen (StAGN) (German PCGN) on 1996-OCT-06; finally approved by German National Committee of SCAR.

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-May-1997

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