Name details

Mount Streich

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114465

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 buttress-type mountain approximately 2334m, that rises above Skelton Icefalls midway between Angino Buttress and Portal Mountain.

Named For

Named after Lieutenant Paul R. (Bob) Streich, one of the first pilots in US Navy Squadron VX-6 during OpDFrz I and II, 1955-57. An Otter pilot, he flew from Little America V and provided aerial reconnaissance for the establishment of Byrd Station.

Location

Latitude:
78° 09' 22.6" S
-78.15628°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
158° 54' 00.3" E
158.90009°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
2334 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 18_35 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Ref point at spot height, feature's ice cap rises to the north to c.2393m

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
4-Nov-1999

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