Name details

Bell Peak

Bell Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bell Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 122378

Feature type: Peak (2d)

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 peak, 1,620 m, surmounting a SE trending spur of the Herbert Range, just SW of Sargent Glacier. The peak was probably observed by Roald Amundsen's south polar party in 1911, and was later roughly mapped by the ByrdAE, 1928-30. Named by US-ACAN for G. Grant Bell who studied cosmic rays at McMurdo Station, winter party 1962.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

85° 22' 00.0" S

-85.36667°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

164° 14' 00.0" W

-164.23333°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

1620 m

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

1-Jan-1967

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