Mount Slaughter

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

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

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Place ID: 13473
Name ID: 131747

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.

Narrative

An ice-free peak, rising to 3,600 m on a spur trending SW from Vinson Massif, Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN aerial photographs, 1957-60. Named by US-ACAN in 1982, after John B. Slaughter, Director, National Science Foundation, 1980-82.

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Location

Latitude:
78° 37' 00.0" S
-78.61667°
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Longitude:
85° 38' 00.0" W
-85.63333°
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Altitude:
3600 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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Comments

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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