O'Shea Peak

O'Shea Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

O'Shea Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 10488
Name ID: 1927

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 small peak just south of Mount McCarthy in the eastern part of the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. An astrofix was obtained by S.L. Kirkby, surveyor at Mawson in 1956. Named after J.H. O'Shea, radio officer at Wilkes in 1962 and 1964 and at Macquarie Island in 1966.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 25' 47.8" S
-70.42994°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
66° 29' 51.1" E
66.49753°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
1205 m
Accurate to 50m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
AADC Survey Control Database
Source Identifier:
Survey Control ( NMS161 - O'shea Peak)
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
National Mapping
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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