Name details

Aristotle Mountains

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137410

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

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

Narrative

The fan-shaped sequence of ridges spreading east-northeastwards from its summit Madrid Dome (1650 m) on Oscar II Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. Extending 62 km in SW-NE direction and 44 km in NW-SE direction. Bounded by Crane Glacier to the NW, Exasperation Inlet to the NE and Flask Glacier to the S, and linked to Roundel Dome and Bruce Plateau to the WSW by a saddle of elevation 1550 m. British mapping in 1964. Named after the ancient Greek scientist Aristotle who in c. 350 BC was the first to conjecture the existence of a landmass in the southern high-latitude region, calling it Antarctica.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 35' 00.0" S
-65.58333°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
62° 28' 00.0" W
-62.46667°
Accurate to 0m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Accurate to 0m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
5-Jun-2012

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