Rumdoodle Peak

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

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

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Place ID: 12488
Name ID: 131039

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

Prominent peak 1 mi SW of Painted Peak in the North Masson Range, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. The name is associated with "Rumdoodle Air Strip," which the peak overlooks. Rumdoodle was the name of a fictional mountain in a novel Ascent of Rumdoodle by W.E. Bowman, and since 1960 has been used locally by Mawson Station personnel for the air strip.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 46' 00.0" S
-67.76667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 50' 00.0" E
62.83333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Wade Fairley 2005
Catalogue id
IA16603
Caption
The south-west face of Rum Doodle
Photographer
Fairley, Wade

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-1965

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