Name details

Mount Hamilton

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 126139

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 mountain 1,410 m, which marks the W end of the Tapley Mountains, standing at the E side of the lower reaches of Scott Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. First observed by the ByrdAE geological party under Laurence Gould in December 1929. Visited in December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for G.C. Hamilton, general manager of the McClatchy Newspapers, of Sacramento, CA, who was a contributor to the expedition.

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Location

Latitude:
85° 44' 00.0" S
-85.73333°
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Longitude:
151° 53' 00.0" W
-151.88333°
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Altitude:
1410 m
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Remote sensing:
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