Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Twintop, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Twintop (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
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:
A twin-peaked mountain in the southern part of the David Range. The range was discovered in February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Tvitoppen (The Twin Peak). Name is descriptive of the feature.
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