Name details

Onley Hill

Onley Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Onley Hill  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 129673

Feature type: Hill (2b)

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 bare rock hill, 840 m, standing 1 mi S of Mount Henderson in the NE part of the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Sorkollen (the south knoll). Renamed by ANCA for L. Onley, weather observer at Mawson Station in 1959.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 43' 00.0" S
-67.71667°
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Longitude:
63° 02' 00.0" E
63.03333°
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Altitude:
840 m
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Images


©Mel Fitzpatrick 2003
Catalogue id
IA16474
Caption
Onley Hill (at right) looking southwest from the ridge above Henderson Hut. In the distance is the Central Masson Range.
Photographer
Fitzpatrick, Mel

Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1965

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