Name details

Mount McKercher

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140091

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 mountain, 2230m, standing at the east side of Scott Glacier, and 4km north of the mouth of Griffith Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains.

Named For

Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named for Hazel McKercher, secretary to R. Admiral Byrd during the period of this expedition.

Location

Latitude:
86° 09' 20.2" S
-86.15562°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
149° 59' 04.3" W
-149.98454°
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Altitude:
2232 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_28 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:
19-Dec-2019

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