Name details

Chair Peak

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108137

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

rising to c. 1000m on Rongé Island, Danco Coast, was named descriptively by Lester and Bagshawe The Chair (Lester, 1920-22a, Vol. 6, p.192) or Chair Peak (Lester, 1921-22; APC, 1960, p.3; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974); surveyed by FIDS from Norsel in April 1955 and photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57. Monte Lucïa, so called by AAE after a relative of a member of the expedition (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter L).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 43' 00.0" S
-64.71667°
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Longitude:
62° 43' 00.0" W
-62.71667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Sep-1960

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