Name details

Sickle Mountain

Sickle Mountain (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Sickle Mountain  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111175

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 1250m at base of Rasmussen Peninsula, Fallières Coast, was roughly surveyed from a distance by BGLE in 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); visited by USAS in January 1941 and so named from its shape (Ronne, 1945, p.19-20; APC, 1955, p.19; DCS 601 sheet 68 66, 1955; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; DOS 610 sheet W 68 66, 1963); further surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49 and 1958. Gora Sikl (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 52' 00.0" S
-68.86667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
66° 47' 00.0" W
-66.78333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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