Name details

Napier Mountains

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1479

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 group of peaks extending south-eastfrom Mount Codrington in Enderby Land, the highest being about 2300 m. Discovered in January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after the Hon. Sir John Mellis Napier, a Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia, 1924-42, Chief Justice of South Australia, 1942-67. First visited by an ANARE party in 1960.

Named For

Hon. Sir John Mellis Napier, Chief Justice of South Australia, 1942-67

Location

Latitude:
66° 30' 00.0" S
-66.50000°
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Longitude:
53° 40' 00.1" E
53.66670°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Nov-1955

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