Marion Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Marion Nunataks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
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. 600m on N coast of Charcot Island (q.v.), were roughly mapped by FAE, 1908-10, on 11 January 1910 and, in association with Mount Martine (q.v.) and Mount Monique (q.v.), named Sommet Marion after Marion Charcot (1895-1927), eldest daughter of Dr J.-B. Charcot, Commander of FAE (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1; BA, 1916, photograph facing p.409). Marion Mount (BA chart 3175, 9.x.1914). The name Sommet Marion was also incorrectly applied to Mount Martine (q.v.) (Bongrain, 1914, vue 44 following p.60). Fj. Marion (HA chart, 1927). Marion Peak (Wilkins, 1929, map facing p.374; USHO chart 5411, 1939). Marion-Fjellet (Aagaard, 1930, end map). Mount Marion (BA, 1930, p.88; APC, 1955, p.14). Marion Mountain (BA chart 3175, 1.iii.1940). Monte Marion (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.194). Pico Marión (Chile. DNH chart LIII, 1947). The nunataks were photographed from the air on USN Operation "Highjump" in 1947. Monte Mariana (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.308a; Pierrou, 1970, p. 504). Following map compilation by FIDS in 1959 from USN air photographs, the feature was renamed Marion Nunataks ([in 69°33'S 75°06'W) APC, 1961, p.3; USHO chart V30-SP6, 1962; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of February 1975] APC, 1977, p.22). Gora Marion (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).
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