Faraway, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Faraway (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
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:
highest peak (1180m) in Theron Mountains, Coats Land, was surveyed by TAE in December 1956 and so named because, after days of sledging, the survey party never seemed to be any nearer to it (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958f, p .58 and map p.100; APC, 1959a p.6; DOS 610 sheet 79 28/30, 1963). Farawayfjellet (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958b, p.157). Har Hamirhakeem [translation of English name] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958a, map p.94). Langtborte-Bjerget [translation of English name] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958c, p.77). Monte Faraway (Fuchs and Hillary, 1959e, map p.116). Mont Faraway (Fuchs and Hillary, 1959g, p.69). Mount Fuarauei [sic] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1959c, Vol. 1, map p.156). Dalekou Horou [translation of English name] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1960b, p.67). Daljna Gora [translation of English name] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1960a, p.53). Gora Faravey (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Faraway (Távoli) Csúcs (Fuchs and Hillary, 1962, .72).
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