Name details

Wild Knoll

Wild Knoll (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Wild Knoll  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137780

Feature type: Peak (2d)

Origin

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

Narrative

The peak rising to 2370 m in the central portion of Bastien Range in Ellsworth Mountains. Situated 12.76 km SW of Mount Klayn, 12 km WSW of Mount Fisek and 13.65 km NW of Patmos Peak. Steep and partly ice-free W slopes. Surmounting upper Minnesota Glacier to the SSW. US mapping in 1961 and 1988. Named after the Swiss natural history illustrator John James (Jean Jacques) Wild (1824-1900), a member of the British 1872-76 Challenger Expedition who took the first photographs in the Antarctic region in 1874.

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Location

Latitude:
78° 46' 04.2" S
-78.76783°
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Longitude:
86° 29' 12.8" W
-86.48689°
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Altitude:
2370 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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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

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Jan-2014

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