Name details

Mount Madison

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140354

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 prominent, largely ice-covered mountain, 1360m, rising 15km west-southwest of Cape Selborne, on the south side of Byrd Glacier.

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Douglas W. Madison, aide to the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force Antarctica, 1961-62, and Public Information Officer, 1963-64.

Location

Latitude:
80° 26' 47.0" S
-80.44639°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 02' 11.2" E
160.03644°
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Altitude:
1360 m
Unknown precision

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

Ref point at ice-free mapped spot height. Ice-cap appears to rise higher to 1410m

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Feb-1965

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