Name details

Mount Martin

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110030

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 1360m N of Anthony Glacier, Wilkins Coast, was surveyed from the ground by BGLE in December 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); photographed from the air by USAS in September 1940; resurveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in January 1948; called Mount Briesemeister after W.A. Briesemeister (Briesemeister Peak, q.v.) (Ronne, 1949, map p.230); later named Mount Martin after Orville Martin, electronics engineer, Bureau of Ships, US Navy Department, who assisted RARE and whose name was originally applied to Gould Glacier (q.v.) (APC, 1955, p.14; DCS 601 sheet 69 62, 1955). Gora Martin (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Monte Martín (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter M).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 40' 00.0" S
-69.66667°
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Longitude:
62° 59' 00.0" W
-62.98333°
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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 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:
28-Jan-1953

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