Name details

Mount Carnes

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139585

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 3.9km east of Saint Pauls Mountain, overlooking Nibelungen Valley to the North and Pearse Valley to the south, in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF08

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Philip A. Carnes, engineering and construction manager for Antarctic Support Services, who supervised construction and maintenance performed at the U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) South Pole, Siple and McMurdo Stations for three seasons, 1973-76.

Location

Latitude:
77° 39' 26.9" S
-77.65748°
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Longitude:
161° 21' 11.2" E
161.35312°
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Altitude:
2105 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF08 : 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:
4-Nov-1976

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