Name details

Mount Ash

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139409

Feature type: Mountain

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 peak in the Darwin Mountains, 2024m above sea level, overlooking the northern side of the Hatherton Glacier, and 20km southwest of the point of Junction Spur, where Hatherton Glacier meets Darwin Glacier. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MN04

Named For

Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by US-ACAN after R.E. Ash, mechanic with the US McMurdo-South Pole traverse party in 1960-61.

Location

Latitude:
79° 57' 15.1" S
-79.95418°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
156° 38' 45.0" E
156.64584°
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Altitude:
2026 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

Coordinates also checked against REMA 8m tile 20_35

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-May-1965

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