Name details

Mount Darbyshire

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140397

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, bare rock mountain, 2033m high, which is just west of the Warren Range on the west of Skelton Névé.

Named For

Plotted from U S Navy air photographs. Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Major Leslie L. Darbyshire, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, 1960-61 and 1961-62.

Location

Latitude:
78° 28' 02.1" S
-78.46726°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
158° 05' 31.3" E
158.09202°
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Altitude:
2099 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 19_35 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

250k Map height

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Feb-1965

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