Name details

Hess Mountains

Hess Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hess Mountains  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109301

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. 1500m at head of Hilton Inlet, Black Coast, W of Dietz Bluff and bounded to N by Gruening Glacier, to W by Runcorn Glacier, and to S by Beaumont Glacier, were photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1972-73; in association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named after Dr Harry Hammond Hess (1906-69), American geologist; Professor of Geology, Princeton University, NJ, 1948-69 (USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979; APC, 1980, p.4; BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 00' 00.0" S
-72.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 30' 00.0" W
-62.50000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
21-May-1979

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