Feature Name (see definition): Cortés, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3193

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 29' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 066° 06' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.4833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.1

Elevation (see definition): 1490

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): A mainly ice-covered mountain (1,490 m) on the SW side of Gibbs Glacier in southern Graham Land. It is separated from Hadley Upland by a col 1,300 m high. Photographed by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), Nov. 1947 (trimetrogon air photography). Surveyed from the ground by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), Dec. 1958. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Martin Cortes, Spanish author of Arte de Navegar (Sevilla, 1551), an important manual of navigation.

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