Name details

Fogg Highland

Fogg Highland (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Fogg Highland  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108858

Feature type: Hillock

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

between Violante Inlet and Clowes Glacier, SW of Cape Herdman, Black Coast, bounded to the W by Heezen Glacier, was surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947 and photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67; in association with the names of Antarctic oceanographers and marine biologists grouped in this area, named after Gordon Elliott ("Tony") Fogg (1919-2005), Professor of Marine Biology, University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1971-85, who conducted research in the Antarctic Peninsula area in conjunction with BAS in 1966, 1974 and 1979; Chairman, BAS Scientific Advisory Committee, 1970-86 (APC, 1982, p. 3).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 45' 00.0" S
-72.75000°
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Longitude:
60° 50' 00.0" W
-60.83333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
9-Dec-1981

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