Name details

Mount Olympus

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140406

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 rectangular, flat, ice-covered mountain over 2500m above sea level, about 9km east of Mount Henderson and 11km west of Mount McClintock, forming part of the divide between Hatherton Glacier and Byrd Glacier. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MP05

Named For

Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) ) in association with nearby Byrd Glacier, after USS Mount Olympus, flagship of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47) led by Admiral Byrd.

Location

Latitude:
80° 12' 38.3" S
-80.21064°
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Longitude:
156° 49' 37.1" E
156.82696°
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Altitude:
2530 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_35 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-May-1965

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