Name details

Hunter, Mount (Brabant Island)

Hunter, Mount (Brabant Island) (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hunter, Mount (Brabant Island)  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109430

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. 1450m on Pasteur Peninsula, Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after John Hunter (1728-93), British surgeon, comparative anatomist and physiologist, who revolutionized the approach to surgery as an exact science in relation to other aspects of medicine; Surgeon General and Inspector General of Hospitals to the British Army, 1790-93 (APC, 1960, p.5; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974); climbed by JSEBI, 14 January 1984.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 05' 00.0" S
-64.08333°
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Longitude:
62° 25' 00.0" W
-62.41667°
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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 Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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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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