Name details

Clarkson Peak

Clarkson Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Clarkson Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113002

Feature type: Peak (2d)

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

A prominent conical peak on a spur running westward from Mt Miller. It lies between Claydon Peak and Mt Allen Young. Discovered on 4 January 1958, and named by the Southern Survey Party of the NZTAE, 1956-58, for Mr T R Clarkson a member fo the Ross Sea Committee and Chairman of its Communications Sub-Committee which ensured that Scott Base and the field parties had first-class radio equipment.

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Location

Latitude:
83° 19' 00.0" S
-83.31667°
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Longitude:
164° 34' 00.0" E
164.56667°
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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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Date approved:
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