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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Martín, monte (ARG) 69° 37' 00.0" S 63° 03' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 101496 Place ID: 9083

Mathei, Monte (CHL) 69° 37' 00.0" S 63° 03' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 135024 Place ID: 9083

El área fue explorada por la BGLE en 1936. El monte fue fotografiado por el USAS en 1940 y por la RARE en 1947, quien lo levantó con el FIDS. El nombre lo puso el capitán de fragata Finne Ronne por el apellido de Orville Martin, ingeniero electrónico que lo ayudó en la obtención de equipos de radio para la expedición. El nombre actual corresponde al apellido del teniente Rodolfo Mathei Aubel, Fuerza Aérea de Chile, que integró la dotación de relevo de la base Pedro Aguirre Cerda en la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1955-1956. Monte de aproximadamente 1.370 metros de elevación, con conspicuas exposiciones de rocas en su lado SE, situado inmediatamente al N de la cabeza del glaciar Anthony, en la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.

Mount Martin (GBR) 69° 40' 00.0" S 62° 59' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 110030 Place ID: 9083

rising to 1360m N of Anthony Glacier, Wilkins Coast, was surveyed from the ground by BGLE in December 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); photographed from the air by USAS in September 1940; resurveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in January 1948; called Mount Briesemeister after W.A. Briesemeister (Briesemeister Peak, q.v.) (Ronne, 1949, map p.230); later named Mount Martin after Orville Martin, electronics engineer, Bureau of Ships, US Navy Department, who assisted RARE and whose name was originally applied to Gould Glacier (q.v.) (APC, 1955, p.14; DCS 601 sheet 69 62, 1955). Gora Martin (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Monte Martín (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter M).

Mount Martin (USA) 69° 40' 00.0" S 62° 59' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 128498 Place ID: 9083

Mountain, 1,360 m, with conspicuous rock exposures on its SE side, standing immediately N of the head of Anthony Glacier on the E coast of Palmer Land. The mountain lies on the fringe of the area explored by the BGLE in 1936, and was photographed from the air by the USAS in 1940. During 1947 the mountain was photographed from the air by members of the RARE, under Ronne, who in conjunction with the FIDS charted it from the ground. Named by Ronne for Orville Martin, electronics engineer who was of assistance in planning and obtaining radio equipment necessary for Ronne's expedition.

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