Name details

Mount Faget

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 124966

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.

Narrative

A mountain (3,360 m) 4 mi NW of Mount Adam in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Maxime A. Faget of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a visitor at McMurdo Station, 1966-67.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

71° 44' 00.0" S

-71.73333°

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Longitude:

168° 26' 00.0" E

168.43333°

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Altitude:

3360 m

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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

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-1970

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