Name details

Mount Handsley

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139418

Feature type: Peak

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 subsidiary rock peak on the Knobhead massif in Victoria Land. It rises 2.9km southeast of Knobhead's peak and overlooks the upper part of Ferrar Glacier where it curved northwards between Knobhead and Table Mountain. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MG08

Named For

Named in 1969 by the NZ-APC after Jesse Handsley, member of the Discovery crew of Capt. Robert Scott's expedition, who accompanied Scott, Evans, Feather, Skelton and Lashly on the major sledging journey up the Ferrar and Taylor Glaciers in 1903.

Location

Latitude:
77° 56' 10.4" S
-77.93622°
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Longitude:
161° 36' 04.4" E
161.60121°
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Altitude:
2126 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MG08 : 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 18_35

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-May-1969

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