Name details

Misthound Cirque

Misthound Cirque (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Misthound Cirque  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139405

Feature type: Cirque

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

A cirque forming a large embayment in Haskell Ridge in the Darwin Mountains. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MN04

Named For

Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). It is the type locality for the Misthound Coal measures, a formation of the Beacon Sequence of the Darwin Mountains. So named because of the eerie bleakness and often mist-filled floor of the cirque, which contained many peculiarly shaped boulders resembling large dogs.

Location

Latitude:
79° 46' 30.8" S
-79.77521°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
156° 11' 21.0" E
156.18916°
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Altitude:
1356 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MN04 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
16-Jul-1964

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