Name details

Mount Sladen

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 131741

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

Conspicuous pyramid-shaped mountain, 890 m, standing 1.5 mi NE of Saunders Point in eastern Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1948-49. Named by the UK-APC for Dr. William J.L. Sladen of the FIDS, medical officer and biologist at Hope Bay in 1948, and at Signy Island in 1950. During the 1960s and 1970s, Dr. Sladen was chief USARP investigator concerned with studies of penguins at Cape Crozier, Ross Island.

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Location

Latitude:
60° 41' 00.0" S
-60.68333°
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Longitude:
45° 17' 00.0" W
-45.28333°
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Altitude:
890 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1956

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