Name details

Mount Henson

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113527

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

A short ridge, about 762m high, at the edge of the foothills of the Prince Olav Moutnains, and forming the north-west portal of Liv Glacier, at the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered and photographed by the Byrd AE, 1928-30, in November 1929, and named for Matthew Henson, a member of Rear-Admiral Robert E Peary's Party which reached the North Pole in 1909.

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Location

Latitude:
84° 50' 00.0" S
-84.83333°
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Longitude:
168° 21' 00.0" W
-168.35000°
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Altitude:
762 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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Comments

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Approval status

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