Name details

Mount Markham

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113836

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.

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Narrative

A triple peaked massif, 4602, 3368 and 3749 m high, standing prominently above the surrounding lesser peaks and lying southwards of Shackleton Inlet, along the western edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered on 27 December 1902 by the Southern Polar Party of the NAE, 1901-04, and named for Sir Clemants Markham who, as President of the Royal Geographical Society, planned this Antarctic expedition and chose Scott as its leader.

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Location

Latitude:
82° 51' 00.0" S
-82.85000°
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Longitude:
161° 21' 00.0" E
161.35000°
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Altitude:
4602 m
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Remote sensing:
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