Name details

Mount Plummer

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

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

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Id 140282

Feature type: Mountain

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A prominent nunatak with a distinctive steep sided summit ridge 8 km WNW of Mt Heer. The summit has an elevation of 1474 m. Later Professor in Geology Department, California State University, Sacramento.

Named For

Named for Charles C. Plummer of the US Geological Survey, Denver. Geologist on the first major geological fieldwork campaign in southern Palmer Land 1969-70. This expedition, led by Paul Williams (q.v) laid the foundations for subsequent sustained geological fieldwork in southern Palmer Land.

Location

Latitude:
73° 17' 35.9" S
-73.29330°
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Longitude:
63° 11' 22.9" W
-63.18970°
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Altitude:
1474 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Landsat-8 image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
Source Identifier:
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Source Scale:
1:30 m resolution
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
UK APC
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Jun-2017

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