Name details

Mount Chalmers

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1515

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 mountain about 9 km south of Mount Keltie in the Conway Range. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Captain R F Scott, who named it after R Chalmers, Assistant Secretary of the British Treasury, 1903-07.

Named For

R Chalmers, Assistant Secretary of the British Treasury, 1903-07

Location

Latitude:
79° 19' 59.9" S
-79.33330°
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Longitude:
159° 28' 59.9" E
159.48330°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
18-May-1971

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