Mount Harding

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

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

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Place ID: 6003
Name ID: 126198

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

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

The largest mountain in the Grove Mountains, located in the south-central part of the group and about 4 mi W of Gale Escarpment. Mapped by ANARE from air photos, 1956-60. Named by ANCA for N.E. Harding, topographic draftsman with the Division of National Mapping, Dept. of National Development, who has contributed substantially to the production of Antarctic maps.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 53' 00.0" S
-72.88333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
75° 02' 00.0" E
75.03333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Adrian Corvino 2004
Catalogue id
IA16611
Caption
Mount Harding is the highest pointed peak about a fifth of the way in from the left hand side of the photo. The photo was taken at about midnight from Tianhe Range (nunatak) about 3.5 kilometres south west of Mount Harding. Note the GPS base station wind generator in the middle and centre of the photo. Zakharoff Ridge is on the right and centre of the photo.
Photographer
Corvino, Adrian

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-1967

Related information

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