Mimas Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mimas Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak (2d)
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:
Sharp conspicuous peak, 1,000 m, rising W of the head of Saturn Glacier and 9 mi W of Dione Nunataks in the SE part of Alexander Island. First seen and photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on Nov. 23, 1935, and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Seen from a distance in 1949 by the FIDS and roughly positioned. Named by the UK-APC for its association with Saturn Glacier, Mimas being one of the satellites of Saturn. The peak and surrounding area were first mapped in detail from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960.
No images of this place could be found.
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