La Grange Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
La Grange Nunataks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak
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:
rising to c. 1100m in NW Shackleton Range and including from W to E Mount Skidmore, The Dragons Back, Mount Etchells, Mount Beney, Morris Hills, Wiggans Hills, True Hills and Lewis Chain, bounded to N by Slessor Glacier, to E by Gordon Glacier, to S by Fuchs Dome and its outliers, and to W by Stratton Glacier. The feature was roughly surveyed by TAE in October 1957 and the name Beney Nunataks was applied to its NE part, after Sgt I.C. Beney, RE (Mount Beney, q.v.) (APC, 1962, p.5; DOS 610 sheet W 80 24/26, 1963); following resurvey by BAS from Halley, 1968-71, the name Lagrange [sic] Nunataks was applied to the whole feature, after Johannes Jacobus La Grange (b. 1927), South African meteorologist with TAE at "Shackleton" and on the trans-continental journey, 1955-58; with South African National Antarctic Expedition at "Norway Station", Dronning Maud Land, 1960-61; his name had previously been applied to Mount Skidmore (q.v.) (APC, 1974, p.4). La Grange Nunataks (APC, 1980, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978).
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