Name details

Mount Tenniel

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111532

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 1635m at head of Smith Inlet and on N side of Clifford Glacier (q.v.), Wilkins Coast, was roughly mapped by BGLE in c. 70°18'S 62°48'W (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in January 1948; in association with the glacier and with Eland Mountains (q.v.), named after Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914), political cartoonist, humorous and satirical artist, illustrator of Lewis Carroll's Alice's adventures in wonderland (London, 1865), and a great-uncle of Sir Miles Clifford after whom the glacier was named (BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.20; DCS 601 sheet 70 62, 1955; BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/12, 1-DOS 1976). Gora Tenniyel (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Monte Tenniel (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1963). Gora Tenniel (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). The mountain was further photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1972-73.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 20' 00.0" S
-70.33333°
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Longitude:
62° 49' 00.0" W
-62.81667°
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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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