SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Besso Peak

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

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

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Place ID: 1278
Name ID: 1919

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:

Xiaowuyi Shan (China)

Narrative

A peak about 3.3 km north-west of Law Base and lying about 0.7 km north-east of Three Man Peak in the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Named after Ricky Besso, carpenter at Davis in 1986, who helped to establish Law Base.

Location

Latitude:

69° 22' 34.6" S

-69.37627°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 18' 13.1" E

76.30363°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

122 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Adam Christensen 2009

Catalogue id: IA21750
Caption: Besso Peak, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking Northeast.
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

Related information

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