Feature Name (see definition): Maclaren Monolith

Feature Class (see definition): Pillar

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 9247

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 20' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 025° 23' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.3333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -25.3833333

Elevation (see definition): 1000

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A peak rising to c. 1,000 m on the central ridge of Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range. The feature is notable for a monolith forming the summit. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in this area, named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after Charles Maclaren (1782-1866), Scottish naturalist who in 1842 was the first to recognize the glacial control of sea level.

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