Name details

Mosuso Yama

Mosuso Yama (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mosuso Yama  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Japan Gazetteer Id 112447

Feature type: Mountain (2b)

Origin

This name originates from Japan. It is part of the Japan Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A round-topped hill (2153 m) which composes southwestern part of Mont Gaston de Gerlache. Surveyed by JARE in 1960, and named Mosuso Yama (skirt mountain), because its foot is covered by ice-cored moraines like skirts.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 43' 00.0" S
-71.71667°
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Longitude:
35° 47' 00.0" E
35.78333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
22-Mar-1979

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