Beiszer Nunatak

Beiszer Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Beiszer Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 1104
Name ID: 107733

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

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:

Narrative

rising to c. 1630m at S end of Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964, and surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1965-66 (Huffman and Schmidt, 1966); named after John E. Beiszer, aviation structural mechanic, Squadron VX-6, USN, Ellsworth Station , winter 1957 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/14, 1969; APC, 1974, p.3).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
83° 29' 00.0" S
-83.48333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
51° 57' 00.0" W
-51.95000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Nov-1971

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