Name details

Mount Nares

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140092

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 massive mountain, over 3000m, standing just south of Mount Albert Markham and overlooking the head of Flynn Glacier flowing east, in the Churchill Mountains.

Named For

Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) (1901-04) led by Scott, who named it for Sir George S. Nares, captain of the an Arctic expedition in 1875-76, and a member of the Ship Committee for Scott's expedition.

Location

Latitude:
81° 27' 00.0" S
-81.45000°
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Longitude:
158° 10' 00.0" E
158.16667°
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Altitude:
3012 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 22_34 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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