Name details

Mount Haddington

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109157

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

highest point (1630m) on James Ross Island, was roughly charted by Ross, 1 January 1843, and named after Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington (1780-1858), First Lord of the Admiralty, 1841-46 (BA chart 1238, 1844; Ross, 1847a p.333; APC, 1955, p.11; DOS 610 sheet W 64 56, 1961). Mont Haddington (Vincendon-Dumoulin, atlas, 1847, Pl.43). Monte Haddington (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861; Pierrou, 1970, p.413; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.147). Haddington (Larsen, 1894a, map p.120). Haddington Berg (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). The feature was further charted by SwAE in 1902-03. Haddingtonfelsen, Haddington-Kegel (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol.1, p.83; Vol.2, p.235). Mont Haddlington [sic] (Nordenskjöld, 1904a, p.356). Haddington-Rotsen (Nordenskjöld and others, 1907, p.34). Cerro Haddington, Pico Haddington, Volcan Haddington (Riso Patron S., 1908, p.6, 13 and end map). Haddington-Hegy (Shackleton, [1925], p.76). Haddington Fj. (HA chart, 1928). Haddington-Fjellet (Risting, 1929, map p.51). Mount Hadington [sic] (USAAF chart [AP-]43, 1943). Haddingtonvulkanen (Andersson, 1944, p.234). The mountain was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1952-53. Gora Khaddington (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 12' 00.0" S
-64.20000°
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Longitude:
57° 37' 30.0" W
-57.62500°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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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:
8-Sep-1953

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