Name details

Mount Chauve

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 123493

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:

Chauve, Mont (France)

Narrative

Rocky hill, 33 m, at the NW extremity of Cape Margerie. Charted and named by the FrAE in 1950. The name is descriptive of the hill's denuded aspect, evoking the celebrated musical score Night on Bald Mountain, "chauve" being French for bald.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

66° 49' 00.0" S

-66.81667°

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Longitude:

141° 23' 00.0" E

141.38333°

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Altitude:

33 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:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

1-Jan-1962

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