Name details

Mount Biscoe

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 122556

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

Distinctive sharp black peak, 700 m, surmounting Cape Ann, 3 mi N of Mount Hurley. Photographed from the air on Dec. 22, 1929 by a Norwegian expedition under Riiser-Larsen in a flight from the Norvegia, and on Jan. 14, 1930 photographed from the Discovery by the BANZARE under Mawson. The peak is thought to be the feature discovered on March 16, 1831 and named Cape Ann by John Biscoe. The name Cape Ann has been retained for the adjoining cape; Mawson named the peak for its apparent discoverer, John Biscoe, Master, RN, Ret., noted British Antarctic explorer. Its position was fixed by an ANARE survey party in 1957.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 13' 00.0" S
-66.21667°
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Longitude:
51° 22' 00.0" E
51.36667°
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Altitude:
700 m
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Images


©AAD Non-commercial use only 1985
Catalogue id
2125B1
Caption
Photo shows Mt Biscoe ice conditions in morning of day Nella Dan became beset. Nella Dan was beset off the Enderby Coast out from Mount Biscoe. The ice was 13 feet thick and held the Nella Dan for 52 days from October, until released by the Japanese 30,000 horsepower icebreaker Shirase
Photographer
Butler, Rowan

Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1947

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