Name details

Bertrab Nunatak

Bertrab Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bertrab Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107781

Feature type: Nunatak

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. 500m SE of Vahsel Bay, Luitpold Coast, was roughly mapped by GAE, 1911-12, in January-February 1912 and named after Gen. von Bertrab, Chairman of the expedition; Chief Quartermaster, German General Staff, and Chief of the Land Survey (Wordie, 1921b, p.17; Filchner, 1922, map p.198; USBGN, 1947,p.136; AGS map, 1962b; APC, 1982, p.3; Marsh and Thomson, 1984, map Fig. 1B, p.33). Bertrab Nunataks (Filchner, 1922, mapp.198; USAAF chart [LR-]75, 1943). von Bertrab Nunatak (Filchner, 1930, mapp.112). Nunatak Beltrab [sic](Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952). Nunatak Bertrab ([shown on S shore of Vahsel Bay] Agentina. MM chart 121, 1954; [in 77 54'S 35 20'W] Pierrou, 1970, p.200). The Argentine seasonal station "Label" was established near the nunatak in January 1970. The nunatak was delineated from US LANDSAT imagery of January 1973. In February 1979 "Label" was expanded into the Argentine station "General Belgrano II", named after Gen. M. Belgrano (Filchner Ice Shelf, q.v.) (BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981). [Bertrab Glacier, South Georgia, is also named after Gen. von Bertrab (Hattersely-Smith, 1980b, p.21).] Nunatak Bertrab (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 7).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
77° 53' 00.0" S
-77.88333°
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Longitude:
34° 38' 00.0" W
-34.63333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
9-Dec-1981

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