Name details

Mount Loewe

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1587

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 with a rounded top rising from the plateau surface of Loewe Massif, in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in 1956. Named after Dr Fred Loewe, a member of the ANARE reconnaissance party in the Wyatt Earp (1947-48) and Australian Observer with the French Expedition in Terre Adilie (1951-52).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 32' 18.7" S
-70.53853°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
67° 46' 26.8" E
67.77411°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
1050 m
Accurate to 20m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
NMS164
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia Survey Control Database
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-Feb-1958

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