Name details

Mount Ward

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1459

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

An isolated peak, 976m above sea level, in the southern part of the North Masson Range in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered by Sir Douglas Mawson in 1930. Climbed by an ANARE party led by J. Béchervaise in January 1956. Named for J.L. Ward, radio operator at Mawson in 1955.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 47' 17.9" S
-67.78831°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
62° 49' 05.2" E
62.81811°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
975.6 m
Accurate to 20m

Images


©Wade Fairley 2005
Catalogue id
IA16594
Caption
Mount Ward
Photographer
Fairley, Wade

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( fram25k - Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )
Source Scale:
1:2000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
4-Sep-1956

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