Mott Snowfield

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Mott Snowfield (63°20′S 57°20′W / 63.333°S 57.333°W / -63.333; -57.333Coordinates: 63°20′S 57°20′W / 63.333°S 57.333°W / -63.333; -57.333) is a snowfield in the northeast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, between Laclavère Plateau and Antarctic Sound. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Peter G. Mott, leader of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1955–57.[1]

Map

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

  1. ↑ "Mott Snowfield". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-11-11.

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