Freshfield Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Freshfield Nunatak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak
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. 1250m on SE side of Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range, was photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; in association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, named after Douglas William Freshfield (1845-1934), English geographer and mountaineer in the Caucasus and Himalaya, who initiated widespread recognition of the place of mountaineering in exploration; President of RGS, 1914-17 (APC 1974, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978).
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