Name details

Mount Reynolds

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110857

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. 1130m on S side of Violante Inlet, Black Coast, was seen from the air by USAS, 30 December 1940, roughly mapped as the S entrance point of the inlet in 73°10'S 59°00'W, and called Cape Poindexter, possibly after a member of the expedition (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942). Cabo Poindexter (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). The feature was later named Cape Reynolds after Jeremiah ("John") N. Reynolds, of Ohio, whose advocacy from 1826 onwards of American exploration and expansion in the Pacific and Antarctic was chiefly responsible for the despatch of the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-42 (Lieut. C.Wilkes, USN) (USBGN, 1947, p.218; USHO chart 2562, 1947). The feature was surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947 and identified as a mountain c. 65km NW of its previously reported position, on account of an error in navigation on the USAS flight of 1940. Mount Reynolds (USAF chart 1808, 1948; [in 72°42'S 61°16'W] BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.18; DCS 601 sheet 72 60, 1956; [co-ordinates corrected] APC, 1977, p.27; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Cabo Reynolds (Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952). Monte Reynolds (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1957). Gora Renolds (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The feature was photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 39' 00.0" S
-72.65000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
61° 20' 00.0" W
-61.33333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
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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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