Mount Bewsher

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

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

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Place ID: 1291
Name ID: 1619

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 prominent, flat-topped mountain on the western end of the Aramis Range in the Prince Charles Mountains. It has a spur running north and a large moraine running north-east. The mountain is 1973 m high and 200 m above the plateau on the west; to the east there is a snow scarp and drop of 55 m.First visited by the ANARE southern party, 1956-57, led by W.G. Bewsher, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1956, after whom the feature was named.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 53' 45.4" S
-70.89594°
Accurate to 1m
Longitude:
65° 25' 34.0" E
65.42611°
Accurate to 1m
Altitude:
1948 m
Accurate to 50m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Jul-1957

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