Aronson Corner (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Aronson Corner (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Corner
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:
rising to 1260m at E end of Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range, Coats Land, was photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and surveyed on the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; in association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in the area, named after Louis V. Aronson (1870-1940), American founder of the Ronson Corporation, who in about 1910 developed the first practical petrol lighter (using serrocerium), known originally as the "trench match" and in 1927 modified to become the "one-motion" lighter (APC, 1974, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978).
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