Mount Todd

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

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

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Place ID: 14766
Name ID: 132750

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

A peak in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, rising to 3,600 m on the E side of Embree Glacier, 2 mi NNE of Mount Press. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN aerial photography, 1957-60. Named in 1984 by US-ACAN after Edward P. Todd, physicist, National Science Foundation, 1963-84, Director, Division of Polar Programs, NSF, 1977-84, with responsibility for the development of the U.S. Antarctic Research Program.

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Location

Latitude:
78° 03' 00.0" S
-78.05000°
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Longitude:
85° 56' 00.0" W
-85.93333°
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Altitude:
3600 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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Approval status

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Date approved:
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