Biscoe, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Biscoe (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
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:
A distinctive, black, rock peak on the coast of Enderby Land. Seen from the Discovery by BANZARE (1929-31) and named by Sir Douglas Mawson after John Biscoe, who is thought to have discovered the feature on 13 March, 1931, and called it Cape Ann. Mawson applied the name Cape Ann to a point on the coast nearby. Its position was fixed by ANARE survey party in 1957.
Aus_display_scale_20M: | No | Aus_display_scale_10M: | No | ||
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Aus_display_scale_1M: | Yes | Aus_display_scale_500k: | Yes | ||
Aus_display_scale_250k: | Yes | Aus_display_scale_100k: | Yes | ||
Aus_display_scale_50k: | Yes | Aus_display_scale_25k: | No | ||
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