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)
Portal Mountain (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Portal Mountain (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 large mountain with a broad ill-defined summit, due south of the Lashly Mountains, on the southern side of the main stream of the Skelton Glacier where it leaves the Polar Plateau. Discovered by the NZ party of TAE (1956-58) who named it because of its association with The Portal.
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