Blundell Peak

Blundell Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Blundell Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 1490
Name ID: 122653

Feature type: Peak (2d)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A rock peak on Stornes Peninsula in Prydz Bay. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Named by ANCA for A.A. Blundell, radio operator at Mawson Station in 1968, who assisted in the ANARE tellurometer traverse from this peak to Reinbolt Hills in 1968.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 24' 00.0" S
-69.40000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
76° 06' 00.0" E
76.10000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Adam Christensen 2009
Catalogue id
IA21753
Caption
Blundell Peak, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1100 feet. Looking Southeast.
Photographer
Christensen, Adam

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:
1-Jan-1971

Related information

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