Mott Snowfield
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| Coordinates: 63°20′S 57°20′W / 63.333°S 57.333°W | |
| Location | Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land |
Mott Snowfield (63°20′S 57°20′W / 63.333°S 57.333°W) is a snowfield in the northeast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, between Laclavère Plateau and the Antarctic Sound.[1]
Location[edit]
Mott Snowfield is in Graham Land in the north of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is southeast of the Duroch Islands and Schmidt Peninsula, south of Coupvent Point and Prime Head, suthwest of Mount Bransfield, northwest of Hope Bay, and northeast of Laclavère Plateau. Named features include Fidase Peak, Magnet Hill and Camel Nunataks.[2][3]
Name[edit]
Mott Snowfield was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Peter G. Mott, leader of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1955–57.[1]
Features[edit]
Fidase Peak[edit]
63°23′S 57°33′W / 63.383°S 57.550°W. A distinctive peak 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) east of Mount Jacquinot, rising to 915 metres (3,002 ft) high at the west end of Mott Snowfield. FIDASE represents the initial letters of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1955-57) led by P.O. Mott.[4]
Magnet Hill[edit]
63°22′S 57°22′W / 63.367°S 57.367°W. A small, distinctive snow-covered hill rising from Mott Snowfield, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northeast of Camel Nunataks. The hill was the site of magnetometer and topographical survey stations and was named by the British geophysical and survey party which worked in this area in 1959.[5]
Camel Nunataks[edit]
63°25′S 57°26′W / 63.417°S 57.433°W. Two similar rock nunataks rising to 450 metres (1,480 ft) high, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) apart and 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) north of View Point, Trinity Peninsula. The name is descriptive and has been in use amongst Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) personnel at Hope Bay since about 1959.[6]
Yagodina Knoll[edit]
63°17′16.5″S 57°09′06″W / 63.287917°S 57.15167°W The ice-covered hill rising to 530 metres (1,740 ft) high at the northeast extremity of Trinity Peninsula. Situated 8.21 kilometres (5.10 mi) south-southeast of Siffrey Point, 2.81 kilometres (1.75 mi) west-southwest of Mount Bransfield, 3.85 kilometres (2.39 mi) northwest of Koerner Rock and 22.4 kilometres (13.9 mi) east-northeast of Fidase Peak. Surmounting Mott Snowfield to the southwest. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Yagodina in Southern Bulgaria.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Alberts 1995, p. 508.
- ^ Trinity Peninsula AG and BAS.
- ^ Graham Land and South Shetland BAS.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 238.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 455.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 114.
- ^ Yagodina Knoll SCAR.
Sources[edit]
- Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2023-12-03
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names. - Graham Land and South Shetland Islands, BAS: British Antarctic Survey, 2005, retrieved 2024-05-03
- Trinity Peninsula (PDF) (Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697), Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996, archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015
- "Yagodina Knoll", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.