Name details

Framnes Mountains

Framnes Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Framnes Mountains  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1343

Feature type: Mountain

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A group of mountains which includes Mt. Henderson and the Masson, David and Casey Ranges. Discovered in February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson who named the individual ranges and mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Framnes Fjella.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 50' 56.0" S
-67.84889°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
62° 40' 50.0" E
62.68056°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
1490.9 m
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1991
Catalogue id
1038A4
Photographer
Dalgleish, Kenneth (Ken)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
fram25k
Source Scale:
1:2000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-Feb-1958

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