Name details

Mount Robertson

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110902

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

one of the Latady Mountains, Orville Coast, rising to c. 1650m, was probably seen from the air from a distance by USAS, 30 December 1940 (USHO, 1943, p.277); seen from the air by RARE, 21 November 1947, in 74°43'S 64°08'W and named Mount James Robertson after James B. Robertson, RARE aviation mechanic (Ronne, 1948b, p.390); surveyed from the ground by FIDS RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947. Mount Robertson ([in 74°41'S 64°14'W] AGS map, 1948; Ronne, 1949, map p.249; BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.18; DOS 601 sheet W 74 62, 1958; [co ordinates corrected] USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1977, p.28; BAS 500P sheet SS 17 20/SE, 1 DOS 1981). Monte Robertson (Argentina. MM chart N "P" 1, 1952; IHA, 1974, p.244). Gora Robertson (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The mountain was photographed from the air by USN, 1965 67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
74° 40' 00.0" S
-74.66667°
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Longitude:
64° 11' 00.0" W
-64.18333°
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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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