Name details

Mount Matin

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110042

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 2385m S of Azure Cove, Flandres Bay, Danco Coast, was charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named Sommet du Matin (Charcot, 1906a, map facing p.316) or Sommet Le Matin (Charcot, 1906b, p.472) after the French newspaper Le Matin, a major source of funds for the expedition. Mont du Matin (Charcot, 1908, p.104). Mount Matin (BA chart 1238, ix.1908; APC, 1959a, p.9; BA chart 3572, 29.xi.1974). Mont Matin (BA, 1916, p.406). The mountain was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 08' 00.0" S
-65.13333°
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Longitude:
63° 37' 00.0" W
-63.61667°
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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:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Jul-1959

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