Name details

Columbia Mountains

Columbia Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Columbia Mountains  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108263

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 c. 2200m E of Dyer Plateau, N central Palmer Land, and comprising Bardsdell Nunatak, Mount Brocoum and Dalziel Ridge, were photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; named after Columbia University, New York, which in several seasons between 1967 and 1975 sent geologists to study the structure of the Scotia Ridge area (APC, 1977, p.9; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 14' 00.0" S
-70.23333°
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Longitude:
63° 51' 00.0" W
-63.85000°
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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:
21-Jul-1976

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