SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Ferguson Peak

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

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

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Place ID: 4529
Name ID: 2080

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:

Ferguson Peak (Russia)

Narrative

A peak about 1 km west of the main massif of the Central Masson Range, Mac.Robertson Land, just north of Phillips Ridge. Named after O Ferguson, senior technician (electronics) at Mawson in 1962.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

67° 49' 36.5" S

-67.82681°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

62° 48' 42.8" E

62.81189°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

900 m

Accurate to 20m

Images

©Wade Fairley 2005

Catalogue id: IA16586
Caption: Ferguson Peak
Photographer: Fairley, Wade

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

fram25k

Source Scale:

1:2000

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:

Unknown

Related information

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