Elgar Uplands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Elgar Uplands (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: None recorded.
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 c. 1900m, between Tufts Pass to N and Sullivan Glacier to S, N Alexander Island, were seen from the air by BGLE, 1 February 1937; after map compilation by FIDS in 1959 from air photographs taken by RARE in 1947, named after Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), English composer, in association with the names of other composers in this area ([in 69°34'S 70°30'W] APC, 1961, p.2; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of February 1975] APC, 1977, p.12; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/5 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978).
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