Name details

Mount Whitcombe

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114717

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 large mountain between the lower Fry and Benson Glaciers, 7.5km southeast of Mount Davidson, and particularly prominent from the Granite Harbour area. A high ridge runs south to Mount Perseverance. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MC09

Named For

Used as a reference point in October 1957 by the Northern Survey Party of the New Zealand Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58. Named by them because of its similarity to the Canterbury-West Coast mountain in New Zealand of that name, and in association with nearby Mount Arrowsmith.

Location

Latitude:
76° 46' 00.0" S
-76.76667°
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Longitude:
162° 12' 00.0" E
162.20000°
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Altitude:
1430 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MC09 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates also checked against REMA 8m tile 17_35

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Jul-1959

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