Name details

Mount Riiser-Larsen

Riiser-Larsen, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Riiser-Larsen  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 130778

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

Prominent mountain, 870 m, standing at the NW end of the Tula Mountains on the E side of Amundsen Bay. Named by the BANZARE under Mawson, in January 1930, for Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, leader of a Norwegian expedition in the Norvegia which also explored the area in that season.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 47' 00.0" S
-66.78333°
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Longitude:
50° 40' 00.0" E
50.66667°
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Altitude:
870 m
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Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1961
Catalogue id
4631C3
Photographer
Newton, Geoffrey (Geoff)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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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-1947

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