Name details

McWhinnie Peak

McWhinnie Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

McWhinnie Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139584

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 peak 3.6km northeast of Mount Harker in Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-ME09

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Mary A. McWhinnie, U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist who wintered over at McMurdo Station in 1974. She worked on several Antarctic cruises in U.S. Naval Ship (USNS) Eltanin between 1962 and 1972.

Location

Latitude:
77° 15' 59.6" S
-77.26654°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 14' 36.2" E
162.24339°
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Altitude:
1331 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
ME09 : Edition 1.01 Published 2014
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates also checked against REMA 8m tile 17_35

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
4-Nov-1976

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