Name details

Mount Johansen

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1577

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 crest on the western end of a 4 km long ridge on the northern face of the Aramis Range, in the Prince Charles Mountains. It is approximately 1,554 m high and rises about 244 m above Charybdis Glacier. First visited by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in December, 1956. Named after Sgt. G. Johansen, RAAF, airframe fitter at Mawson in 1956.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 32' 27.0" S
-70.54083°
Accurate to 250m
Longitude:
67° 12' 38.4" E
67.21067°
Accurate to 250m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
E151_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Jul-1957

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