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Alfred, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Alfred (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to c. 2250m in Douglas Range, Alexander Island, was roughly surveyed from the E by BGLE in October 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); resurveyed from the E by FIDS from Stonington Island in 1948-49; named after Alfred (847-899), King of England (871-899), in association with the names of other Saxon Kings of England in this area (APC, 1955, p.3; BA chart 3175, 5.vii.1957; DOS 610 sheet 70 68, 1960). Gora Al'fred (Soviet Union. MMF, 1961). Monte Alfred (Argentina. AA, 1991, p.2)
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