Name details

Mount Wharton

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140111

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 c.2860m, standing 10km west of Turk Peak in the Churchill Mountains.

Named For

Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) (1901-04) and named for Sir William Wharton, Hydrographer to the Royal Navy, 1884-1904.

Location

Latitude:
81° 03' 07.5" S
-81.05209°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
157° 48' 15.3" E
157.80425°
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Altitude:
2859 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 21_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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