Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/17260
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishFourcade MountU.S. Board on Geographic Names   
PlaceType Mount 
Latitude 64° 36' 0" S (-64.6°)  
Longitude 62° 28' 58.8" W (-62.483°)  
Source U.S. Board on Geographic Names, available online at http://geonames.usgs.gov
Notes Belgica information (en): Mountain standing 2 mi SW of Cape Anna on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for H.G. Fourcade, South African surveyor who designed the stereogoniometer and gave it practical application for plotting photogrammetric surveys in about 1900. http://geonames.usgs.gov    
Relations 
Part of  Graham Land (Peninsula)  [view hierarchy]   
Adjacent to  Anna, Cape (Cape)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2007-12-17 08:38:19 by De Hauwere Nathalie
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