Name details

Athos Range

Athos Range (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Athos Range  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2252

Feature type: Range

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 northern range of the Prince Charles Mountains. The western part of the range was first visited by an ANARE party led by J. Béchervaise in November, 1955. The range was again visited in December, 1956, by an ANARE party led by William G. Bewsher and a depot was established at the eastern extremity. Originally named Moonlight Range. Named after one of the Three Musketeers in Dumas's novel.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 13' 00.0" S
-70.21667°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
65° 15' 00.0" E
65.25000°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1970
Catalogue id
2016B5
Photographer
McLeod, Ian (Neddie)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id LIMA E151_RGB_321_3X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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