Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Twin Peaks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 15125
Name ID: 1936

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

Two peaks rising to about 1,100 m in the Schwartz Range in Kemp Land, about 22 km north of the Wilma Glacier in the south-west part of Edward VIII Gulf. Discovered by an ANARE sledging party led by Robert Dovers, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1954.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 07' 59.9" S
-67.13330°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
55° 34' 59.9" E
55.58330°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Nov-1955

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