SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Castor and Pollux

Castor and Pollux (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Castor and Pollux (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 2400
Name ID: 1920

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:

Wuzhi Shan (China)

Narrative

Twin peaks, in the Larsemann Hills, 95 and 89 m high respectively, on a short ridge which marks the track from Law Base to the plateau, about 0.5 km south-east of Law Base.

Named For

Named after the twins of Greek mythology.

Location

Latitude:

69° 23' 36.9" S

-69.39359°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 22' 58.8" E

76.38300°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

148 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Adam Christensen 2009

Catalogue id: IA21763
Caption: Castor and Pollux, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking East.
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:

24-Nov-1987

Related information

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