Name details

Enigma Peak

Enigma Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Enigma Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108693

Feature type: Peak

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

highest point (c. 1000m) of Fournier Ridge, Desko Mountains, Rothschild Island, was photographed from the air by RARE in December 1947 when, because of low cloud cover, it was thought to be on Dorsey Island; later incorrectly identified as a peak on Charcot Island (Ronne, 1949, p.236); following map compilation by FIDS in 1959 from RARE air photographs, finally identified and named in reference to the problem of identification ([in 69°22'S 72°42'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). Gora Enigma (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 34' 00.0" S
-69.56667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
72° 44' 00.0" W
-72.73333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
2-Mar-1961

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