Name details

Mount Seitz

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139912

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

One in the series of peaks at c.2130m that rise between Mirabito Range and Homerun Range in northern Victoria Land. This peak is 8.1km south-southeast of Mount Armagost and 18km north-northwest of Boss Peak.

Named For

Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Thomas E. Seitz, Chief Construction Mechanic, U.S. Navy (USN), of the McMurdo Station party, 1967.

Location

Latitude:
71° 42' 32.8" S
-71.70911°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
166° 04' 26.5" E
166.07403°
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Altitude:
1997 m
Unknown precision

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 11_35 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:
28-May-1969

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