Name details

Arctowski Peak

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107550

Feature type: Peak

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

rising to c. 1400m at head of Howkins Inlet, Lassiter Coast, was probably seen from the air by USAS, 30 December 1940; photographed from the air by RARE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from Stonington Island in December 1947; named after H. Arctowski (Arctowski Nunatak, q.v.) (BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.4; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969). Pico Arctowski (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1957). Gora Arktovski Pik (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Pik Artstovskogo (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). Pico Arctowsky [sic] (Argentina. AA, 1991 p.3)

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 44' 00.0" S
-73.73333°
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Longitude:
61° 25' 00.0" W
-61.41667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Jan-1953

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