Name details

Mount Cresswell

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 123934

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

A domed, elongated mountain with a small conical peak at the W end, standing 25 mi NNE of Mount Dummett in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from ANARE air photos taken in 1956. Named by ANCA for G. Cresswell, auroral physicist at Mawson Station, 1960.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 47' 00.0" S
-72.78333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
64° 20' 00.0" E
64.33333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images


©Adrian Corvino 2003
Catalogue id
IA16502
Photographer
Corvino, Adrian

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-1966

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