Name details

Mohn Basin

Mohn Basin (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mohn Basin  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113940

Feature type: Basin (15)

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 major depression in the surface of the South Polar Plateau extending from the north slopes of Mts Fridtjof Nansen and Don Pedro Christophersen for about 120 miles to the south, and including the region of Devils Glacier, with a width of about 20 miles. Discovered in December 1911 on the journey to the South Pole by Amundsen. Named by the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Professor Henrik Mohn, Norwegian meteorologist and author of the meteorologist and author of the meteorological report of the Norwegian expedition under Amundsen.

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Location

Latitude:
86° 30' 00.0" S
-86.50000°
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Longitude:
168° 00' 00.0" W
-168.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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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