Name details

Welcome Mountain

Welcome Mountain (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Welcome Mountain  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114701

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

Prominent mountain with three distinct peaks, lying south-west of Emlen Peaks and 22 miles north of Roberts Butte. So named by the Victoria Land Traverse Party, 1959-60, because it was the first mountain visited after crossing the ice-covered plateau and not seeing mountains for three months,

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 14' 00.0" S
-72.23333°
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Longitude:
160° 12' 00.0" E
160.20000°
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Altitude:
2590 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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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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