Name details

Scaife Mountains

Scaife Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Scaife Mountains  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111053

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. 1300m between Ketchum Glacier and Ueda Glacier, Orville Coast, and including Mount Brundage, Mount Macnowski and Mount Terwileger, were seen from the air by RARE, 21 November 1947, but inaccurately located; named after Allan M. Scaife, of Pittsburgh, Pa, a contributor to RARE ([in c. 75°30'S 63°25'W] Ronne, 1948b, p.378 [titles of Figs 20 and 22 transposed in error]; 1949, map p.249 and p.289; USHO chart 6639, 1955; [co-ordinates corrected] USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.5; BAS 500 sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). Gory Skayf (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The mountains were photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS. Gory Skeyf (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
75° 06' 00.0" S
-75.10000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
65° 08' 00.0" W
-65.13333°
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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:
20-Dec-1974

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