Name details

Mount Basurto

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 136653

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

An ice-free mountain rising to 2000m at the south end of Noring Terrace, Convoy Range, Victoria Land. Topographic map: Cambridge 2d (1:50,000). Named by US-ACAN (2007) after Juan Basurto, cargo specialist, and a member of the U.S. Antarctic Program logistics operation, who contributed to the movement of science team cargo to and from McMurdo Station in 21 austral field seasons from 1986 through 2007.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
76° 56' 00.0" S
-76.93333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 42' 00.0" E
160.70000°
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Altitude:
2000 m
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Images

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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:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

new feature (W.Shaw, 13.6.08)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Apr-2008

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