Torbert, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Torbert (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
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:
highest point (1675 m) of Torbert Escarpment, NE Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN, 13 January 1956, on a non-stop flight from McMurdo Sound, Ross Dependency, to the Weddell Sea and back, and roughly mapped in c. 83°55'S 53°00'W; in association with the names in this area of other crew members of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft on the flight, named after Lieut. Cdr John H. Torbert, USN, command pilot (NGS map, 1957b; [ in 83°55°S 53°00'W] USBGN, 1960, p.9; AGS map, 1962b; [co-ordinates corrected] USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.6). Gora Torbert (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The mountain was rephotographed from the air by USN and surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1963-64. Mount Tolbert [sic] (USOO sheet V30-SP11, 1971).
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