Name details

Mount Hassage

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109229

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 1120m W of Hauberg Mountains, Orville Coast, was seen from the air by RARE, 21 November 1947, and named after Charles Hassage, Chief Engineer in the RARE ship Port of Beaumont ([in c. 77 28'S 71 30'W] Ronne, 1948b, map p.356, p.390; AGS map, 1962b; [correctly shown] USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). Hassage-Fjellet (Rønne, 1950b, p.137). Monte Hassage (Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.149). Gora Khassidzh (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The mountain was surveyed on USGS Antarctic Peninsula Traverse, 1961-62, and following air photography by USN, 1965-67, mapped from air photographs by USGS.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
75° 51' 00.0" S
-75.85000°
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Longitude:
72° 29' 00.0" W
-72.48333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
20-Dec-1974

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