Name details

Hamm Peak

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2043

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

A rock peak, about 151 m high, partly ice covered, about 11 km WNW of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Named after G.F. Hamm, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1968, who established a survey station on the feature.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 43' 40.2" S
-69.72783°
Accurate to 1m
Longitude:
74° 06' 24.7" E
74.10686°
Accurate to 1m
Altitude:
151 m
Accurate to 10m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
Geoscience Australia Survey Control Database
Source Identifier:
NMS/137
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia
Remote sensing:
Aerial photo ANT97,Frame 8118. NGDB NMS/137

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Oct-1968

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