Name details

Mount Taylor

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 132513

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

Large, flat-topped mountain, 1,000 m, having steep cliffs on the NE side, standing 2.5 mi WSW of the head of Hope Bay at the NE end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the SwedAE, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. The mountain was charted by the FIDS in 1946 and named in 1948 by the UK-APC for Capt. A. Taylor, commander of the FIDS and leader of its base at Hope Bay in 1945.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 26' 00.0" S
-63.43333°
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Longitude:
57° 08' 00.0" W
-57.13333°
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Altitude:
1000 m
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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1952

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