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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Mount Tilley (GBR) | 69° 45' 00.0" S | 69° 31' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 111594
Place ID: 14719
rising to c. 1850 m on E side of Toynbee Glacier, E Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by BGLE, 1 February 1936, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948; in association with the names of British geologists grouped in this area, named after Cecil Edgar Tilley (1894-1973), Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology, Cambridge University, 1931-61 (APC, 1955, p.21; DOS 610 sheet W 69 68, 1960). |
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| Mount Tilley (USA) | 69° 45' 00.0" S | 69° 29' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 132712
Place ID: 14719
Flat-topped, ice-capped mountain, 1,900 m, 7 mi S of Mount Tyrrell and 3 mi inland from George VI Sound in the E part of Alexander Island. Despite its height, it is best described as a foothill of the Douglas Range, from which it is separated by Toynbee Glacier. First photographed from the air in 1936 by the BGLE. Surveyed in 1948 by the FIDS and named by them for Cecil E. Tilley, professor of mineralogy and petrology at Cambridge University. |
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