Guettard Range

Guettard Range (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Guettard Range  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 5773
Name ID: 126015

Feature type: Range (2c)

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 mountain range, 40 mi long and 10 mi wide, located NW of Bowman Peninsula and between the Johnston and Irvine Glaciers, in the SE extremity of Palmer Land. The feature was photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48. It was mapped from USGS surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for French naturalist and geologist Jean Etienne Guettard, 1715-86.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
74° 21' 00.0" S
-74.35000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
63° 27' 00.0" W
-63.45000°
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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:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1968

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