Name details

Fivemile Rock

Fivemile Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Fivemile Rock  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108820

Feature type: Rock

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 375m on Tabarin Peninsula, Trinity Peninsula, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1946; called Dos Juancitos [=two little Johns] by AAE (Olsacher and others, 1956, p. 86); resurveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1956 and named Fivemile Rock, because it lies almost exactly 5 miles from the station on the route to Duse Bay (APC, 1958, p. 5; DOS 310 Hope Bay sheet, 1961). The Argentine refuge hut "Martín Güemes", so called after Gen. M. Güemes (Rockpepper Bay, q.v.), was established here in 1959-60, the name being transferred from the refuge at Duse Bay (q.v.).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 29' 00.0" S
-63.48333°
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Longitude:
57° 03' 00.0" W
-57.05000°
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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:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
26-Sep-1957

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