Pearce Peak

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

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

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Place ID: 11001
Name ID: 1933

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 partially snow-covered ridge, which appears as a peak when viewed from the north, about 6 km south of Moyes Peak, in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on 18 February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson. Named after Sir George Pearce, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Chairman of the Australian Antarctic Committee, 1929.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 48' 31.1" S
-67.80865°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
61° 10' 30.8" E
61.17523°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
1200 m
Accurate to 20m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
Geoscience Australia Survey Control Database
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Geoscience Australia
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Survey control point NMS199 at the peak.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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