Name details

Columbia Mountains

Columbia Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Columbia Mountains  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 123717

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 striking group of largely bare rock peaks, ridges and nunataks located near the E margin of the Dyer Plateau, 20 mi SE of the Eternity Range, in Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN after Columbia University, New York City, which for several seasons in the 1960s and 1970s has sent geologists to study the structure of the Scotia Ridge.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 14' 00.0" S
-70.23333°
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Longitude:
63° 51' 00.0" W
-63.85000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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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-1976

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