Bristly Peaks

Bristly Peaks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bristly Peaks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 1865
Name ID: 107958

Feature type: Peak

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 430m and extending ESE from Forster Ice Piedmont, Fallières Coast, were photographed from the air by BGLE on 1 February 1937 and by RARE on 22 December 1947; surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1958 (W section) and 1960 (E section), and named descriptively (APC, 1962, p.7; DOS 610 sheet W 69 64, 1963).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 23' 00.0" S
-69.38333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
66° 15' 00.0" W
-66.25000°
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:
31-Aug-1962

Related information

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