Name details

Mount Ferguson

Ferguson, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Ferguson  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113282

Feature type: Mountain (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 irregular mound-shaped mass about 1100m high, in the foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains, on the west side of the Liv Glacier stream about 4 miles north of its terminus. Discovered and photographed by the Byrd AE, 1928-30, in November 1929, and named for Homer L Ferguson, President of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia, which made repairs and alterations on Byrd Antarctic ships.

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Location

Latitude:
84° 56' 00.0" S
-84.93333°
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Longitude:
168° 35' 00.0" W
-168.58333°
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Altitude:
1100 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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Approval status

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