Name details

Mount Sullivan

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111460

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 2070m E of Eternity Range, central Graham Land, was probably seen from the air by Wilkins in 1928 and by Ellsworth in 1935; surveyed from the ground by BGLE in December 1936 and shown in 69°35'S 63°51'W (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); photographed from the air by USAS in 1940 and by RARE in 1947; further surveyed from the ground by FIDS RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947; named after Col H.R. Sullivan, USAF, of the Office of Research and Development of the then USAAF, who arranged for equipment to be supplied to RARE and whose name was originally applied to Mill Inlet (q.v.) (BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.20; DCS 601 sheet 69 62, 1955). Monte Sullivan (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957). Gora Sallivan (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 40' 00.0" S
-69.66667°
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Longitude:
63° 48' 00.0" W
-63.80000°
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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:
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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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