Name details

Blodwen Peak

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107842

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

Peak rising to 914 m WNW of Khufu Peak, Fossil Bluff, Alexander Island. Called The 2nd Pyramid in the early 1960s by BAS geologists (GBR text 1962). Named Blodwen Peak after one of the muskeg tractors used at the nearby BAS field station in the 1970s (GBR text 1998).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 20' 02.0" S
-71.33389°
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Longitude:
68° 22' 39.0" W
-68.37750°
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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 Scale:
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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:
23-Apr-1998

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