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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Haag Nunataks (RUS) 77° 00' 00.0" S 78° 18' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 118333 Place ID: 5830

Haag Nunataks (GBR) 77° 00' 00.0" S 78° 24' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 109155 Place ID: 5830

rising to c. 1150m W of Ronne Ice Shelf and SW of Evans Ice Stream, were sighted from a distance of c. 160km during a flight by RARE, 21 November 1947, and reported as more than 3050m in height in the position 77 40'S 79 00'W; named Mount Joseph Haag after Joseph Haag Jr (1895-1958), Executive Vice-President of Todd Shipyards, New York, which worked on the RARE ship Port of Beaumont (Ronne, 1948b, map p.356). Mount Haag (Ronne, 1949, end map; USBGN, 1949, p.24; BAS, 1976, p.290). Haag-Fjellet (Rønne, 1950b, p.136). Gora Khag (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). During ODF, 1961-62, the feature was resighted from a C-130 aircraft, commanded by Lieut. Ronald F. Carlson, USN (Carlson Inlet, q.v.), on 14-15 December 1961, and during ODF, 1966-67, its identity as a group of nunataks and its position were established on a flight by USN Squadron VX-6 on 1 December 1966. Monte Haag (Argentina. IGM map 30, 1966; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.147). The nunataks were further surveyed on a BAS radio echo-sounding flight from "Siple Station", Ellsworth Land, in January 1975, when a landing was made near one of the three nunataks (Swithinbank and others, 1976, p.296). Haag Nunatak (Clarkson and Brook, 1977, p. 616). Haag Nunataks (Alberts, 1977, p.42; BAS, 1977, p.24; APC, 1980, p.4; BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981).

Haag Nunataks (USA) 77° 00' 00.0" S 78° 18' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 126048 Place ID: 5830

Three low elevations aligned nearly N-S The dominant central nunatak and the southern elevation have definite rock exposures; the minor northern elevation may be entirely snow covered. The feature was discovered by the RARE (1947-48), led by Finn Ronne, who named it "Mount Haag" for Joseph Haag, head of Todd Shipyards, New York, which worked on the expedition ship, Aerial photographs obtained by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in 1966 show the feature to be a group of nunataks, not a mountain, and the name is amended accordingly by US-ACAN.

Haag, Monte (CHL) 77° 40' 00.0" S 79° 00' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 105655 Place ID: 5830

Descubierto por el RARE en 1947-1948, al mando del comandante, capitán de fragata Finn Ronne, quien lo denominó por Joseph Haag, jefe de los astilleros Todd, Nueva York, quien trabajó en el barco de la expedición. Monte de unos 10.000 pies de altura, situado alrededor de 85 millas E del monte Ullmer en Tierra de Ellsworth y alrededor de 70 millas WSW del monte Hassage.

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