Gentner Peak

Gentner Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Gentner Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 5224
Name ID: 1917

Feature type: Peak

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 hill about 115 m high, about 2.6 km west of Law Base in the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Named after Neale Gentner, Senior Diesel Mechanic at Davis in 1986, who assisted with the difficult operation of the establishment of Law Base by travelling across the Sorsdal Glacier.

Location

Latitude:
69° 23' 28.3" S
-69.39119°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 18' 15.1" E
76.30419°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
96 m
Accurate to 10m

Images


©Adam Christensen 2009
Catalogue id
IA21778
Caption
Gentner Peak, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2000 feet. Looking West.
Photographer
Christensen, Adam

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Lars25k
Source Scale:
1:25000
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:
29-Sep-1988

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