Name details

Harvey Heights

Harvey Heights (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Harvey Heights  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109221

Feature type: Heights

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. 2450m N of Mount Parry, Brabant Island, were included under the name Mount Parry (q.v.) (Bagshawe, 1921-22c, p.27); following air photography by FIDASE, 1956-57, and in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after William Harvey (1578-1657), English physician who first demonstrated the circulation of the blood (APC, 1960, p.4; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974); first climbed by JSEBI, 7 March 1984.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 13' 00.0" S
-64.21667°
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Longitude:
62° 22' 00.0" W
-62.36667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Sep-1960

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