Name details

Mount Henson

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 126448

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

An ice free summit (905 m) standing at the NE extremity of Mayer Crags, forming the NW portal to Liv Glacier where the latter enters Ross Ice Shelf Discovered and photographed by the ByrdAE (1928-30), in November 1929, and named for Matthew Henson, a member of R. Admiral Peary's party which reached the North Pole in 1909.

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Location

Latitude:
84° 50' 00.0" S
-84.83333°
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Longitude:
168° 21' 00.0" W
-168.35000°
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Altitude:
905 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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1962

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