Name details

Baillieu Peak

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2060

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 peak about 1,380 m above sea level, approximately 48 km south of Cape Bruce in Mac. Robertson Land. Discovered on 8 February 1931, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Clive Latham Baillieu (later Baron Baillieu), who subscribed to the cost of the expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 52' 09.7" S
-67.86937°
Accurate to 1m
Longitude:
60° 46' 17.4" E
60.77151°
Accurate to 1m
Altitude:
1359 m
Accurate to 10m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
Geoscience Australia Survey Control Database
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Geoscience Australia
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Survey mark NMS13 located on the peak.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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