Name details

Mount Peterson

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 130070

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 small mountain rising above the ice surface 22 mi NW of Mount Rex, Ellsworth Land. The feature lies within a group of nunataks first sighted and photographed on Nov. 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth. The area was explored by the RARE (1947-48) under Finn Ronne, who named the mountain for Harries-Clichy Peterson, physicist with the expedition.

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Location

Latitude:
74° 40' 00.0" S
-74.66667°
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Longitude:
76° 59' 00.0" W
-76.98333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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