Mount Parsons

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

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

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Place ID: 10922
Name ID: 1460

Feature type: Mountain

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An outstanding pointed peak, 1060 m above sea level, lying to the north of the main summit of the David Range in Mac.Robertson Land. The range was named from the sea by Sir Douglas Mawon in 1930; photographed from the air by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37); the peak was visited by an ANARE party led by J.M. Béchervaise in January, 1956. N.R. Parsons, cosmic ray physicist at Mawson in 1955.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 47' 04.2" S
-67.78450°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
62° 35' 00.2" E
62.58339°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
1060.1 m
Accurate to 20m

Images


©Mel Fitzpatrick 2003
Catalogue id
IA16475
Caption
The southwestern face of Mt Parsons as seen from the saddle below Fang Peak. In the far distance are icebergs locked in by sea ice.
Photographer
Fitzpatrick, Mel

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
fram25k
Source Scale:
1:2000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
4-Sep-1956

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