d'Urville Monument (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
d'Urville Monument (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Monument
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:
rising to 575m in SW Joinville Island, was charted by Ross on 30 December 1842, and named d'Urville's Monument after Capt. J.-S.-C. Dumont d'Urville (d'Urville Island, q.v.) (Ross, 1847a, p.332; BA, 1930, p.75). d'Urville's Denkmal [translation of English name] (Ross, 1847b, p.392). Cerro D'Urville (Riso Patron S., 1908, p.13). Mount Percy (q.v.), in error (USHO, 1943, p.262). The feature was identified and resurveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1945-47. d'Urville Monument (BA chart 3205, 23.ix.1949; APC, 1955, p.9; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1973). Monte de Urville (Chile. DNH chart L, 1951). Monte D'Urville (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.314; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.108). Monumento D'Urville (Pierrou, 1970, p.331).
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