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Theron Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Theron Mountains (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:
NE of Filchner Ice Shelf and N of Slessor Glacier, Coats Land, extending NE-SW from Tailend Nunatak to Mount Faraway and rising to 1180 m, were probably the mountains reported as seen from the air in c. 79°28'S 25°00'W by AAE in November 1955; seen from the air by TAE, 29 January 1956, and named Theron Range after the expedition's Canadian sealing ship Theron (Capt. H. Marø, Marø Cliffs, q.v.) in the 1955-56 season (Times, 25 February 1956); surveyed from the ground by TAE in December 1956. Theron Mountains (Times, 7 February 1957; Fuchs and Hillary, 1958e, p.44, 58 and map p.100; APC, 1959a, p.11; DOS 610 sheets W 79 24/26 and 28/30, 1963). Hara'ee Teyron, Teyron Hara'ee (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958a, map p.94). Theron Fjeldene, Theronfjellene (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958c, p.341; 1958b, p.51). Cordón Rufino, probably referring to the SW end of the mountains, after Rufino in the Argentine province of Santa Fé, following the AAE flight of November 1955 (Argentina. IAA map, [1959d]). Seron Mountains, Theronbergen, Therongebergte, Góry Theron, Montanhas do Theron, Montes Theron, Monts Theron (Fuchs and Hillary, 1959c, Vol. 1, map p.156; 1959a, p.106; 1959d, p.50; 1959f, map p.57; 1959b, p.66; 1959e, map p.116; 1959g, p.69). Theron-Gebirge (Fuchs, [1960], p.33). Theronovo Gorovje, Gorovje Theron, Theronské Hory (Fuchs and Hillary, 1960a, p.52, 89; 1960b, map p.105). Rufino Range, probably referring to this feature (Ronne, 1961, map Front.). Gory Teron (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Theron Hegys (Fuchs and Hillary, 1962, map p.173). Monts de Théron (Cailleux, 1963, p.10). Montes Rufino, probably referring to this feature (Argentina. MM, NM 21/1.xi.1964; Pierrou, 1970, p.639). Cadena Theron (Argentina. IGM map, 1966).
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