Beche Blade (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Beche Blade (The name as it would appear on a map)
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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 1545m, S side of Read Mountains, Shackleton Range, was photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; in association with the names of eminent geologists in this area, named after Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche (1796-1855), first Director-General, Geological Survey of Great Britain (now Institute of Geological Sciences), 1835-55, and founder of the Museum of Practical Geology (now Geological Museum), London (APC, 1974, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978).
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