Name details

Mount Fritsche

Fritsche, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Fritsche  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108927

Feature type: Mountain

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 990m on W side of Scar Inlet, Oscar II Coast, was probably seen by SwAE in October 1902 at the time of the discovery of Richthofen Pass (q.v.); seen from the air by Wilkins, 20 December 1928, as N entrance of the pass in c. 65°50'S 62°15'W, and named Cape Fritsche after Carl B. Fritsche of Detroit, Mich. (Wilkins, 1929, p. 364 and map facing p.374; BA chart 3175, 1934). Jasonfjellet, in association with Jason Peninsula (q.v.) (Aagaard, 1930, end map). Cabo Fritsche (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). Cape McCarroll, in error (McCarroll Peak, q.v.) (USBGN, 1956, p.208). Following survey of the area by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1955, the name Mount Fritsche was applied to the present feature in accordance with Wilkins' positioning of the name Cape Fritsche on the N side of the pass (APC, 1958, p.5; BA chart 3570, 29.ix.1961). Cape (Mount) Fritsche (USHO, 1963, p.332a).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 00' 00.0" S
-66.00000°
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Longitude:
62° 42' 00.0" W
-62.70000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Mar-1958

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