Name details

Mount Barkow

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 122199

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Mountain, 1,390 m, which stands 20 mi W of Court Nunatak and New Bedford Inlet and marks the E end of the ridge separating Haines and Meinardus Glaciers, on the E side of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the USAS. Photographed from the air by RARE under Ronne, who in conjunction with the FIDS mapped it from the ground in 1947. Named by the FIDS for Erich Barkow, German meteorologist and member of the GerAE, 1911-12, under Filchner.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 22' 00.0" S
-73.36667°
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Longitude:
62° 48' 00.0" W
-62.80000°
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Altitude:
1390 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1953

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