Name details

Mount Ellery

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1349

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 mountain, about 20 km north-east of Mount Gorton in Oates Land. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The position of the mountain was fixed on 21 February, 1962, by S.L. Kirkby, surveyor with the ANARE Expedition on the MV Thala Dan led by Phillip Law. Named after R.L.J. Ellery, RFS, a member of the Australian Antarctic Exploration Committee of 1886.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 52' 59.9" S
-69.88330°
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Longitude:
159° 39' 00.0" E
159.65000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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