Mather Peninsula

Mather Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mather Peninsula  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 9129
Name ID: 2118

Feature type: Peninsula

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A peninsula in the Rauer Group.

Named For

Named after Keith Mather, a member of an ANARE landing party which made a landing nearby on 11 January 1957. Mather was a Geophysicist with the 1957 ANARE at Mawson.

Location

Latitude:
68° 50' 49.6" S
-68.84710°
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Longitude:
77° 55' 17.8" E
77.92160°
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Altitude:
75 m
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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:
7-Mar-1991

Related information

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