Name details

Grove Mountains

Grove Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Grove Mountains  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1405

Feature type: Mountain

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A large group of mountains and nunataks extending over an area of approximately 85 km by 57 km in Princess Elizabeth Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE (1956, 1957 and 1960). Plotted from ANARE air photographs. An astroifix was obtained by G.A. Knuckey on 9 November, 1958. Named Grove Nunataks after Sqn. Ldr. I.L. Grove, RAAF, pilot of the aircraft which made the first landing at the mountains.

Named For

Sqn. Ldr. I.L. Grove, RAAF, pilot

Location

Latitude:
72° 45' 00.0" S
-72.75000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
75° 00' 00.0" E
75.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Robert (Bob) Jones 2004
Catalogue id
IA3161
Caption
North west peak of Mount Harding
Photographer
Jones, Robert T (Bob)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Jul-1959

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