Canetti Peak

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

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

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Place ID: 17401
Name ID: 134543

Feature type: Peak (2d)

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Peak rising to 400 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island. Situated 1.2 km WSW of MacKay Peak and 2.2 km N by W of the summit of Veleka Ridge. Precipitous and ice-free western slopes. Overlooking Zagore Beach and False Bay to the W and N, and Charity Glacier to the S.Named after Elias Canetti (1905-1994), a Bulgarian-born Nobel laureate in literature.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 43' 22.0" S
-62.72278°
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Longitude:
60° 19' 25.0" W
-60.32361°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
17-Feb-2004

Related information

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