Name details

Mount Liotard

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109850

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. 2100m in S Adelaide Island, S of Mount Gaudry, was roughly surveyed by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909; resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in October 1948 and named after André-Frank Liotard, French observer with FIDS, 1947-48; Leader, FAE, 1949-50, to Terre Adélie (Expéditions Polaires Françaises) (APC, 1955, p.14; BA, 1956, p.209; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961). Liotard Bay, in error (BA, 1956, p.112). Monte Pequeño Gaudry [=little mount Gaudry] (Argentina. MM chart 132, 1957). The mountain was further surveyed by FIDS from Adelaide, 1961-62, and the first ascent was made by an RN party, 19 February 1962.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 37' 00.0" S
-67.61667°
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Longitude:
68° 35' 00.0" W
-68.58333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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