Name details

Mount Biscoe

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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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1656

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 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.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 13' 24.0" S
-66.22333°
Accurate to 75m
Longitude:
51° 21' 28.5" E
51.35792°
Accurate to 75m
Altitude:
518 m
Accurate to 17m

Images


©AAD Non-commercial use only 1985
Catalogue id
2125B1
Caption
Photo shows Mt Biscoe ice conditions in morning of day Nella Dan became beset. Nella Dan was beset off the Enderby Coast out from Mount Biscoe. The ice was 13 feet thick and held the Nella Dan for 52 days from October, until released by the Japanese 30,000 horsepower icebreaker Shirase
Photographer
Butler, Rowan

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
ASTER Global DEM Version 2
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Source Publisher:
NASA and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Prior to 30 May 2018 the elevation given was 700 m, sourced from 1:1M National Mapping map SQ39/40 published in 1974.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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