Name details

Mount Caroline Mikkelsen

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1512

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

The highest peak of the Munro Kerr Mountains at the head of Sandefjord Bay of the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land. It is about 235 m above sea level. The Munro Kerr Mountains were sighted and named by BANZARE (1929-31) during an aeroplane flight on 11 February, 1931. The mountain itself was discovered on 20 February, 1935, by a Norwegian whaling ship under Capt. Klarius Mikkelsen, who named it after his wife, who accompanied him on this expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 45' 10.2" S
-69.75283°
Accurate to 1m
Longitude:
74° 23' 54.4" E
74.39844°
Accurate to 1m
Altitude:
236 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1966
Catalogue id
3944A2
Caption
[see Ralston, Kathleen "Phillip Law: The Antarctic Exploration Years, 1954-66" pp.258-259]
Photographer
Law, Phillip Garth (Phil)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Differential GPS
Source Name:
Geoscience Australia Survey Control Database
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Geoscience Australia
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Nov-1953

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