Name details

Mount Whiteside

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1424

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 low conical peak, about 190 m high, about 1 km west of Green Point on the eastern side of Fold Island, off the coast of Kemp Land.

Named For

Discovered and named in February 1936 by the William Scoresby Expedition.

Location

Latitude:
67° 19' 07.5" S
-67.31875°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
59° 29' 55.5" E
59.49875°
Accurate to 150m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
LIMA E149_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:20000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Landsat 7 LIMA E149_CIR_432_1X Aerail photo ANTC1037/Run5/Frame 87

Comments

Location using aerial photo and decsription

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Jul-1959

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