Name details

Mount Potter

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139715

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 3369m between Bishop Peak and Sladen Summit in Rampart Ridge, Royal Society Range. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MG09

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1994) after Noel Potter, Jr., Chairman, Department of Geology, Dickinson college, Carlisle, PA. A glacial geologist who worked in this area during seven field seasons.

Location

Latitude:
78° 08' 14.2" S
-78.13728°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 17' 43.4" E
162.29539°
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Altitude:
3369 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MG09 : Edition 1.01 Published 2013
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_34

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Nov-1994

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