Mount Edred

Edred, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Edred  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 4084
Name ID: 108635

Feature type: Mountain

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. 2200m near S end of Douglas Range, Alexander Island, was photographed from the air and roughly surveyed by BGLE in October 1936; re-surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1949; in association with the names of Saxon Kings of England in this area, named after Edred (923-55), King of England, 946-55 (APC, 1955, p.9; USHO chart 6638, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 70 68, 1960). Gora Edred (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 34' 00.0" S
-70.56667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
69° 03' 00.0" W
-69.05000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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