Name details

Mount Seddon

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1590

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 two peaks, separated by an ice-filled saddle, in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. A small nunatak is situated off one end of the mountain. Discovered from an ANARE aircraft during 1957. Named after N.R. Seddon, (then) Managing Director, B.P. Australia Ltd. since 1957, in recognition of the assistance given to ANARE by the company.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 05' 47.9" S
-73.09664°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
64° 55' 00.0" E
64.91667°
Accurate to 150m
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:
E132_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:
Unknown

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