Name details

Pardoe Peak

Pardoe Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Pardoe Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1928

Feature type: Peak

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

The summit of the western part of the Mount Menzies massif. It rises from the crest of a long ridge trending north towards the Fischer Glacier and forms the west wall of the huge northern cirque of Mount Menzies. It is about 8.5km NNW of the summit of Mount Menzies. Photographed by ANARE aircraft in 1957 and 1960. First visited by an ANARE party led by D.S. Trail in December, 1961. Named after Dr. R. Pardoe, medical officer at Mawson in 1961.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 25' 08.0" S
-73.41889°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
61° 43' 23.2" E
61.72311°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
2981 m
Accurate to 20m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Mount Menzies 1:50K topographic GIS dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata-Id_Menz50k
Source Scale:
Unknown
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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