Name details

Hutton Mountains

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109441

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

are bounded to SW by Johnston Glacier, to NW by Squires Glacier, to N by Swann Glacier and to E by Keller Inlet and Smith Peninsula, Lassiter Coast, rising to c. 1700m and including from W to E Mount McElroy, Mount Rath, Mount Nash, Mount Gorham, Mount Light and Mount Tricorn; were photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; in association with the names of pioneer geologists grouped in this area, named after James Hutton (1726-97), Scottish geologist who propounded the principle of uniformitarianism in 1785 (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). Cordón Trenque Lauquen, apparently referring to the SE part of this feature after the district in Argentina (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter T).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
74° 12' 00.0" S
-74.20000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 20' 00.0" W
-62.33333°
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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:
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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:
20-Dec-1974

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