Name details

Mount Courtauld

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108326

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 1830m between Chapman Glacier and Meiklejohn Glacier, George VI Sound, was photographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by BGLE in October 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); further surveyed from a distance by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1949; named after Augustine Courtauld (1904-59), British Arctic explorer who assisted in the organization of BGLE; member of BAARE (APC, 1955, p.8; DCS 601 sheet W 70 66, 1956; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/10, 1-DOS 1974). Mount Courtuald [sic] (USHO chart 6639, 1955). Mount Courtwald [sic] (USHO chart V30-SP6, 1959). Gora Kortold (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The feature was resurveyed by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1962-72.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 20' 00.0" S
-70.33333°
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Longitude:
67° 30' 00.0" W
-67.50000°
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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:
31-Mar-1955

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