Name details

Watts Needle

Watts Needle (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Watts Needle  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111845

Feature type: Peak

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 1450m on E side of Glen Glacier, Read Mountains, Shackleton Range, was photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; in association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named after William Whitehead Watts (1860-1947), British geologist who worked particularly on the Precambrian rocks of the English midlands; Professor of Geology, Imperial College, London, 1906-30; President, Geological Society, London, 1910-12 (APC, 1974, p.6; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
80° 44' 00.0" S
-80.73333°
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Longitude:
24° 59' 00.0" W
-24.98333°
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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:
5-Jan-1972

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