Name details

Mulgrew Nunatak

Mulgrew Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mulgrew Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139965

Feature type: Nunatak

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 prominent nunatak, up to 1600m, 6.5km east-northeast of Tentacle Ridge in the Cook Mountains. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MM05

Named For

Mapped by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956-58) and named for Peter David Mulgrew, chief radio operator at Scott Base, who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the South Pole.

Location

Latitude:
79° 38' 00.0" S
-79.63333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
157° 56' 00.0" E
157.93333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1235 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MM05 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
24-May-1961

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