Name details

McIntyre Promontory

McIntyre Promontory (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

McIntyre Promontory  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113882

Feature type: Promontory (8)

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 escarpment, 2800m high, having the ground plan of a sharp V pointed towards the north, with steep cliffs on each flank, in the Bush Mountains, between Mt Rosenwald on the south-east and the head of Ramsey Glacier on the west. Discovered and photographed by the US Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, on the flights of 16 February, 1947 and named by the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain Eugene C McIntyre, USMC, co-pilot on Flight 8A.

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Location

Latitude:
84° 57' 00.0" S
-84.95000°
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Longitude:
179° 40' 00.0" E
179.66667°
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Altitude:
2800 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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