Name details

Mount Albion

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1434

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 peak on the southern face of the Athos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains. It is connected to the next peak on the east by a long snow slope and a saddle 60 m above plateau level. The peak is situated about 20 km east of Mount Béchervaise. Discovered by the ANARE southern party, 1956-57, led by W.G. Bewsher and named after P. Albion, radio operator at Mawson in 1956.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 17' 15.0" S
-70.28750°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
65° 38' 24.7" E
65.64019°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E151_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:30000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Jul-1957

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