Martin Massif

Martin Massif (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Martin Massif  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 9069
Name ID: 1308

Feature type: Massif

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A massif in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, just east of Mount Lied to which it is connected by a low col. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after P.J. Martin, officer-in-charge at Mawson in 1964.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 28' 57.0" S
-70.48250°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
65° 35' 49.9" E
65.59719°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
1940 m
Accurate to 50m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
AADC Survey Control Database
Source Identifier:
Survey Control ( NMS156 - Martin Massif)
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic FDivision
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
National Mapping
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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