Name details

Welch Mountains

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111875

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

on E side of Dyer Plateau, central Palmer Land, between Clifford Glacier and Mount Jackson, rising to 3015m at Mount Acton and including also from N to S Gatlin Peak, Mount Schimansky, Liston Nunatak, Steel Peak, Mount Nordhill, Heintz Peak, Kosky Peak and Fry Peak, were photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; named after Rear-Adm. David Fife Welch, USN (b. 1918), Commander, US Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1969-71 (APC, 1977, p.35; Singleton, 1979, map Fig. 1; USGS sketch Palmer Land (North Part), 1979; BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 57' 00.0" S
-70.95000°
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Longitude:
63° 35' 00.0" W
-63.58333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
21-Jul-1976

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