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Painted Peak
Painted Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Painted Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak (2d)
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:
- Painted Peak (Australia)
- Painted Peak (Russia)
Narrative
Prominent peak, 710 m, on the northern spur of the North Masson Range in the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Visited by an ANARE party in 1955, and so named because of its conspicuous red-brown coloring.
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©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1992
- Catalogue id
- 1038C5
- Caption
- [All uses of this image except AAD non-commercial must be cleared with Kevin Sheridan prior to use. Ph 02 68 846 388]
- Photographer
- Sheridan, Kevin P (Kev)
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