Name details

Haag Nunataks

Haag Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Haag Nunataks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109155

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 c. 1150m W of Ronne Ice Shelf and SW of Evans Ice Stream, were sighted from a distance of c. 160km during a flight by RARE, 21 November 1947, and reported as more than 3050m in height in the position 77 40'S 79 00'W; named Mount Joseph Haag after Joseph Haag Jr (1895-1958), Executive Vice-President of Todd Shipyards, New York, which worked on the RARE ship Port of Beaumont (Ronne, 1948b, map p.356). Mount Haag (Ronne, 1949, end map; USBGN, 1949, p.24; BAS, 1976, p.290). Haag-Fjellet (Rønne, 1950b, p.136). Gora Khag (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). During ODF, 1961-62, the feature was resighted from a C-130 aircraft, commanded by Lieut. Ronald F. Carlson, USN (Carlson Inlet, q.v.), on 14-15 December 1961, and during ODF, 1966-67, its identity as a group of nunataks and its position were established on a flight by USN Squadron VX-6 on 1 December 1966. Monte Haag (Argentina. IGM map 30, 1966; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.147). The nunataks were further surveyed on a BAS radio echo-sounding flight from "Siple Station", Ellsworth Land, in January 1975, when a landing was made near one of the three nunataks (Swithinbank and others, 1976, p.296). Haag Nunatak (Clarkson and Brook, 1977, p. 616). Haag Nunataks (Alberts, 1977, p.42; BAS, 1977, p.24; APC, 1980, p.4; BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
77° 00' 00.0" S
-77.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 24' 00.0" W
-78.40000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Feb-1978

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