Name details

Tongue Peak

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139617

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 rising to c.2450m between Holdsworth Glacier and Scott Glacier, 3.4km west-northwest of Mount Farley, in the Queen Maud Mountains.

Named For

The peak was mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) aerial photographs, 1960-64. It was geologically mapped by a U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) - Arizona State University field party, 1978-79, and was named by geologist Scott G. Borg, a member of the party. The name derives from a well developed tongue-shaped moraine in an abandoned cirque between the west and north ridges of the peak.

Location

Latitude:
86° 33' 57.2" S
-86.56590°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
153° 01' 24.8" W
-153.02355°
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Altitude:
2394 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 27_29 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

NULL

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
17-Dec-1981

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