Name details

Mount Alberts

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 121661

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A pointed, almost completely snow-covered mountain (2,320 m) situated 11 mi E of Mount Phillips on the E margin of Malta Plateau, Victoria Land. The mountain stands immediately S of the terminus of Line Glacier and overlooks the W margin of Ross Sea. Named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1966 after Fred G. Alberts, Geographer, U.S. Department of the Interior (later with the Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center), who served as Secretary to the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 1949-80, and was compiler and editor of this Gazetteer.

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Location

Latitude:
73° 02' 00.0" S
-73.03333°
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Longitude:
167° 52' 00.0" E
167.86667°
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Altitude:
2320 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1966

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