SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Smith Peaks

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

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

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Place ID: 13538
Name ID: 2081

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:

Smith Peaks (Russia)
Smith Peaks (United States of America)

Narrative

A group of peaks lying just south of Mount Hordern in Mac.Robertson Land, connected by a snow and rock ridge. F.A. Smith, diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1958

Named For

Location

Latitude:

67° 56' 30.1" S

-67.94169°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

62° 29' 18.8" E

62.48854°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

1264.2 m

Accurate to 20m

Images

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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:

22-Jul-1959

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