Name details

Mount Amherst

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 121756

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.

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Narrative

A peak rising to 2,400 m between Holdsworth Glacier and Scott Glacier, 3 mi NNE of McNally Peak, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN aerial photographs, 1960-64. The geology of the peak was studied in the 1978-79 season by a USARP-Arizona State University field party. Named by US-ACAN after Amherst College, Amherst, MA, alma mater of Michael F. Sheridan, a member of the field party.

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Location

Latitude:
86° 32' 00.0" S
-86.53333°
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Longitude:
153° 06' 00.0" W
-153.10000°
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Altitude:
2400 m
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Remote sensing:
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