Mount Imhotep

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

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

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Place ID: 6867
Name ID: 109457

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

in Solvay Mountains, rising to c. 1250m NW of Buls Bay, Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Imhotep (fl. 2890 BC), who lived in Egypt and was the first physician to emerge as an individual (APC, 1960, p.5; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974).

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Location

Latitude:
64° 22' 00.0" S
-64.36667°
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Longitude:
62° 24' 00.0" W
-62.40000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Sep-1960

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