Name details

Mount Melton

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134170

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Feature n.44 in ACAN minutes of 19/06/2000. A squarish mountain 1.3 mi W of Tent Peak in Kyle Hills, Ross Island. The feature rises to c. 2000 m on the N side of Lofty Promenade. Named by US-ACAN (2000) after Terry Melton, power plant mechanic/facilities engineer, Palmer Station, June 1981-Jan. 1983; worked nine WINFLY/summer seasons at McMurdo Sound as Williams Field facilities engineer/site supervisor, McMurdo operations superintendent, and McMurdo area manager, 1984-93; NSF McMurdo Station manager.- Oct. 1998-Oct. 1999.

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Location

Latitude:
77° 31' 00.0" S
-77.51667°
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Longitude:
168° 52' 00.0" E
168.86667°
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Altitude:
2000 m
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Map

Source

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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Feb-2001

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