Name details

Snow Nunataks

Snow Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Snow Nunataks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111251

Feature type: Nunatak

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. 700m S of Carroll Inlet, English Coast, and comprising from W to E Espenschied Nunatak, Mount McCann, Mount Thornton and Mount Benkert, were seen from the air and from the ground by USAS in December 1940 and roughly mapped in c. 73°15'S 76°00'W; called Norma Snow Nunatak [sic], probably after the wife of Lieut. Ashley C. Snow, USN (b. 1906), command pilot on USAS (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942); later named Ashley Snow Nunatak [sic] (USAAF chart [LR-]74, 1943) or Ashley Snow Nunataks (USAAF chart [LR-]73, 1943; Ronne, 1948b, map p.356 and p.385) after the pilot himself. Ashley Snow Nunaticks [sic] (USAAF chart [AP-]43, 1943). Norma Snow Nunataks (Ronne, 1945, map p.14). Picos Nevados Ashley [in partial translation of a proper name] (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). Picos Novados [sic] Ashley (Villa Labra, 1947, map facing p.200). The nunataks were again seen from the air by RARE, 23 December 1947. Ashley Snow Nunatakene (Rønne, 1950b, p.156). Nunataki Ashli-Snou (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The nunataks were photographed from the air by USN, 1965-66. Snow Nunataks (Alberts, 1966, p.276; USGS sketch map Bryan Coast-Ellsworth Land, 1968; APC, 1975, p.5).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 35' 00.0" S
-73.58333°
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Longitude:
77° 06' 00.0" W
-77.10000°
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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 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:
20-Dec-1974

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