Name details

Mount Coman

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108265

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. 1550m near head of Swann Glacier, Lassiter Coast, was seen from the air by RARE, 21 November 1947, in the reported position 74 03'S 65 20'W and named Mount Dana Coman after Dr F. Dana Coman, of Johns Hopkins University, Medical Officer with the First Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30 (AGS map, 1948). Mount Coman (Ronne, 1948b, map p.357; USHO chart 1701S, 1954; [co-ordinates corrected] USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.3). Mount Haag, as rejected name (Haag Nunataks, q.v.) (USBGN, 1949, p.11). Monte Coman (Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952; Pierrou, 1970, p.255; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.80). Mt. Coman (France. SHM chart 5879, 1956). Gora Komen (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The mountain was photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from the air photographs by USGS.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 49' 00.0" S
-73.81667°
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Longitude:
64° 18' 00.0" W
-64.30000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
20-Dec-1974

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