Mount Biscoe

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

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

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Place ID: 1367
Name ID: 117102

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

Origin

This name originates from Russia. It is part of the Russia Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

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Location

Latitude:
66° 12' 00.0" S
-66.20000°
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Longitude:
51° 23' 00.0" E
51.38333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images


©AAD Non-commercial use only 1985
Catalogue id
2125B1
Caption
Photo shows Mt Biscoe ice conditions in morning of day Nella Dan became beset. Nella Dan was beset off the Enderby Coast out from Mount Biscoe. The ice was 13 feet thick and held the Nella Dan for 52 days from October, until released by the Japanese 30,000 horsepower icebreaker Shirase
Photographer
Butler, Rowan

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
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:
Unknown

Related information

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