Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Mount Faith (GBR) | 69° 37' 00.0" S | 64° 29' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 108748
Place ID: 4435
N-most of the three main peaks of Eternity Range (q.v.), central Graham Land, rising to 2650m, was photographed from the air by Ellsworth, 21 and 23 November 1935, and so named in association with Mount Hope and Mount Charity "because we had to have faith, and we hoped for charity in the midst of cold hospitality" (Ellsworth, 1936b, p.8, map p.4; Joerg, 1937, map facing p.444; APC, 1962, p.12; DOS sheet W 69 64, 1963). Monte Fé [translation of English name] (OteroEspasandin, 1943, p.15). |
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| Mount Faith (USA) | 69° 37' 00.0" S | 64° 29' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 124970
Place ID: 4435
A massive mountain 9 mi N of Mount Hope, rising to 2,650 m from the N end of Eternity Range in northern Palmer Land. First seen from the air and named by Lincoln Ellsworth during his flights of Nov. 21 and 23, 1935. Surveyed by J.R. Rymill of BGLE in Nov. 1936. The mountain was subsequently photographed from the air by the USAS in Sept. 1940, and RARE in Dec. 1947. The feature is one of three major mountains in Ellsworth's Eternity Range to which he gave the names Faith, Hope and Charity. |
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