Name details

Mount Spann

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

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

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111307

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

N-most feature of Panzarini Hills (q.v.), Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains, rising to c.925m, was seen from the air by AAE in December 1955, reported in c.82°30'S 40°00'W, and called Nunatak Santa Fé after the Argentine province of Santa Fé (Argentina. IAA map, [1959d]; Pierrou, 1970, p.653); photographed from the air by USN on a trans-Antarctic flight, 13 January 1956, and, in association with the names of other crew members on this flight grouped in the area, named after Staff Sgt Robert C. Spann, USMC, navigator of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft ([in 81°45'S 39°00'W] AGS map, 1959; USBGN, 1960, p.8; [co-ordinates corrected] USGS sheet SU 21-25/11, 1968; APC, 1974, p.6). Gora Spann (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Santa Fé Nunataks (Ronne, 1961, map Front.). Pico Santa Fé ([in 82°30'S 40'00'W] Argentina. IGM map. 1966; [co-ordinates corrected] Argentina. AA, NM 11/1.vi.1979). Santa Fé Peak, Pic Santa Fé, Picco Sante Fé, Santa Fé-Spitze (Fourcade, 1969, p.3-4).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
82° 03' 00.0" S
-82.05000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
41° 21' 00.0" W
-41.35000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Nov-1971

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
          For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M: No      Aus_display_scale_10M: No     
Aus_display_scale_5M: No      Aus_display_scale_2M: No     
Aus_display_scale_1M: No      Aus_display_scale_500k: No     
Aus_display_scale_250k: No      Aus_display_scale_100k: No     
Aus_display_scale_50k: No      Aus_display_scale_25k: No     
Aus_display_scale_10k: No      Aus_display_scale_5k: No     
Aus_display_scale_1k: No     


Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View British or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.