Grimminger, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Grimminger (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:
one of the Dana Mountains rising to 1685m, was photographed from the air by USAS, 30 December 1940 (USHO, 1943, upper photograph p.276); roughly surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947; in association with the names of Antarctic meteorologists grouped in this area, named after George Grimminger (b. 1907), American meteorologist; member of US Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30 (R.E. Byrd) and joint author of the meteorological reports of US Antarctic expeditions, 1928-30 and 1933-35 (APC, 1955, p.11; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DCS 601 sheet W 73 62, 1957; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969). Gora Grimminger (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The mountain was rephotographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS. Monte Grimminger (Chile. IGM map 27, 1966).
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