Name details

Mount Bulcke

Bulcke, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Bulcke  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108008

Feature type: Mountain

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 1030m in S Brabant Island, was roughly mapped by BeAE on 31 January 1898 and named Mont Bulcke after Aug. Bulcke and J. Bulcke of Antwerp (SRGA, 1900, p. 5; Lecointe, 1903, Carte 5). Monte Buckle [sic] (Gerlache, 1902a). Cerros Bulcke (Riso Patron S., 1908, p. 14). Mount Bulcke (BA chart 1238, ix.1908; APC, 1958, p. 4; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). Mount Bulckee [sic] (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942). Monte Bulcke (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p. 223; Chile. IHA, 1974, p. 58). Mount Buckle [sic] (BA chart 3570, 5.i.1951). Mount Bulke, in error (APC, 1955, p. 6). The mountain was photographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by FIDASE in 1956-57. Cape Lagrange, in error (Lagrange Peak, q.v.) (USHO, 1940, 2nd view p. 357).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 29' 00.0" S
-64.48333°
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Longitude:
62° 39' 00.0" W
-62.65000°
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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 Identifier:
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:
8-Sep-1953

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