Mount Early

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

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

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Place ID: 4021
Name ID: 140089

Feature type: Cone

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A solitary volcanic cone c.2720m standing 24km north of D'Angelo Bluff, on the west side and near the head of Scott Glacier.

Named For

Discovered in December 1934 from nearby Mount Weaver by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) geological party led by Quin Blackburn. Visited by the Ohio State University geological party led by George Doumani on Nov. 21, 1962. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Captain Neal E. Early, USA, a member of the aviation unit that supported the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Topo East survey of this area, 1962-63.

Location

Latitude:
87° 04' 13.1" S
-87.07030°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
153° 46' 12.1" W
-153.77003°
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Altitude:
2662 m
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Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 28_29 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

NULL

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Dec-2019

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