Name details

Wilson Mountains

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111963

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 c.1600m on W side of Merz Peninsula (q.v.) and E of Du Toit Mountains, Black Coast, bounded to N by Beaumont Glacier and Hilton Inlet, to E by Spiess Glacier, and to S by Violante Inlet and Defant Glacier, and including Hjort Massif, were photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; in association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named after John Tuzo Wilson (1908-1993), Canadian geophysicist who visited Antarctica on ODF, 1958; Professor of Geophysics, University of Toronto, 1946-74, and Director-General, Ontario Science Centre, 1974-85 (APC, 1980, p.5; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979; BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 15' 00.0" S
-72.25000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
61° 40' 00.0" W
-61.66667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
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-May-1979

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