Name details

Branson Nunatak

Branson Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Branson Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1898

Feature type: Nunatak

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 prominent peak between Price Nunatak and the main massif of the South Masson Range in Mac.Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Horntind (Mountain Peak Mountain Peak).

Named For

Renamed after J. Branson, geophysicist at Mawson in 1962, who carried our geological investigations there.

Location

Latitude:
67° 55' 06.6" S
-67.91850°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
62° 45' 34.9" E
62.75969°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
1083 m
Accurate to 20m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
fram25k
Source Scale:
1:2000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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