Name details

Tapley Mountains

Tapley Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Tapley Mountains  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114500

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 mountain group of triangular platform, extending bout 30 miles in an east-west direction and marked by a base of about 18 miles which fronts on the east side of Robert Scott Glacier standing between Albanus and Leverett Glaciers in the Queen Maud Range, near the head of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered in December 1934 by the Geological Party, led by Blackburn, of the Byrd AE, 1933-35. Named by Byrd for Harold L Tapley, of Dunedin, New Zealand, honorary agent for the Byrd AE, 1928-30 and 1933-35.

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Location

Latitude:
85° 45' 00.0" S
-85.75000°
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Longitude:
149° 00' 00.0" W
-149.00000°
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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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