Name details

Breyer Mesa

Breyer Mesa (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Breyer Mesa  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112871

Feature type: Mesa (2a)

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An ice-covered mesa, 5 mi long and rising over 3,000 m, standing between Christy and Tate Glaciers on the W side of Amundsen Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the South Pole flight of November 1929, and named by him for Robert S. Breyer, West Coast representative and patron of the ByrdAE, 1928-30. The name "Mount Breyer" was previously recommended for this feature, but the US-ACAN has amended the terminology to the more suitable Breyer Mesa.

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Location

Latitude:
86° 01' 00.0" S
-86.01667°
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Longitude:
161° 12' 00.0" W
-161.20000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

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