Svart Mountain

Svart Mountain (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Svart Mountain  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 14279
Name ID: 1558

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

A peak about 210 m high on the south-west side of Law Promontory. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Svartjell (Black Mountain).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 14' 23.6" S
-67.23989°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
58° 31' 24.6" E
58.52350°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E149_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-Feb-1958

Related information

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