Name details

Mount Cortes

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108319

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 1490m SW of Gibbs Glacier, Falli res Coast, was photographed from the air by RARE, 27 November 1947, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in December 1958; in association with the names of pioneers of navigation grouped in this area, named after Martin Cortes, Spanish author of Arte de navegar (Sevilla, 1551), an important manual of navigation which went through many editions and translations, and replaced the work of the same title by Pedro de Medina (Mount Medina, q.v.) (APC, 1962, p.9; DOS 610 sheet W 68 66, 1963). Mount Cortés [sic] (USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 29' 00.0" S
-68.48333°
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Longitude:
66° 06' 00.0" W
-66.10000°
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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 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:
31-Aug-1962

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