Name details

Dartmouth Peak

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 124108

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A peak (3320 m) standing 2.8 mi ENE of Mount McClintock in the central part of Britannia Range. Named by US-ACAN in association with HMS Britannia (Britannia Range, q.v.) after Dartmouth, A seaport of Devonshire, England, on the W bank of the River Dart estuary. From 1863 until 1905, British naval cadets (including some officers of R.F. Scott's BrNAE, 1901-04) received Royal Navy officer training in HMS Britannia, then berthed at Dartmouth.

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Location

Latitude:
80° 12' 00.0" S
-80.20000°
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Longitude:
157° 41' 00.0" E
157.68333°
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Altitude:
3320 m
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Map

Source

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

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2000

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