Name details

Monte Fourcade

Fourcade monte (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Monte Fourcade  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Id 140442

Feature type: Mountain

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Extremo N de la península Arctowski. Sector Antártico Argentino. APC(60)24. Monte de 595 m de elevación que se encuentra en el extremo N de la península Arctowski a escasa distancia y hacia el E del cabo Gran Roca.

Named For

Bautizado en recuerdo de H.G.Fourcade relevador sudafricano quien diseñó el estereogoniómetro y le dio aplicación práctica para plotear los relevamientos fotogramétricos alrededor del año 1900.

Location

Latitude:
64° 36' 30.9" S
-64.60859°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 29' 18.7" W
-62.48854°
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Altitude:
595 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Carta Náutica H-714 2a. Ed. 1990.
Source Identifier:
https://geoportal.shn.gob.ar/#/geoportal
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
SHN
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
Unknown

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