Name details

Thomas Mountains

Thomas Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Thomas Mountains  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111561

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 1485 m NW of Hauberg Mountains, Orville Coast, were seen from the air by RARE, 21 November 1947, roughly mapped at c. 2900m in c. 76°30'S 70°45'W, and named Mount Lowell Thomas or Lowell Thomas Mountains after Lowell Thomas (1892-1981), American author, radio commentator and television producer with National Broadcasting Company, NY; a supporter of RARE (Ronne, 1948b, map p.356; 1949, photograph p.228 and end map). Montes Lowell Thomas (Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952). Gory Louell-Tomas (Soviet Union. MM chart, 1961). The mountains were surveyed on US Antarctic Peninsula traverse, 1961-62, and following air photography by USN, 1965-67, mapped from air photographs by USGS. Thomas Mountains (Alberts, 1966, p.276; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.5; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). Monte [sic] Lowell Thomas (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.189).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
75° 33' 00.0" S
-75.55000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
70° 57' 00.0" W
-70.95000°
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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:
Unknown
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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