Name details

Mount Lagally

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109692

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

S-most peak of Dorsey Mountains, Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, rising to c. 2000m, was roughly mapped by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909 and included under the name Pics Gravier or Massif Gravier (Gravier Peaks, q.v.) (Bongrain, 1914, vues 28 and 31 following p.60); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Max Lagally (1881-1945), German mathematician and glaciologist who studied the mass and heat balances of glaciers (APC, 1960, p.5; BA, 1961, p.189; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 09' 00.0" S
-67.15000°
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Longitude:
67° 06' 00.0" W
-67.10000°
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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 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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