Mount Oldfield
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Mount Oldfield is a coastal mountain
at the east side of Amundsen Bay
, standing close west of Mount Hardy
in the Tula Mountains
. It was photographed and mapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
) in 1956 and was visited and positioned by G.A. Knuckey of ANARE in November 1958. It was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R.E.T. Oldfield, a radio officer at Mawson Station
in 1958.
Site of camp occupied by G. Knuckey, I. McLeod and R. E. Oldfield November 1958.
Mountain
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at the east side of Amundsen Bay
Amundsen Bay
Amundsen Bay, also known as Ice Bay, is a long embayment wide, close west of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. The bay was seen as a large pack-filled recession in the coastline by Sir Douglas Mawson on January 14, 1930...
, standing close west of Mount Hardy
Mount Hardy
Mount Hardy is a mountain standing close east of Mount Oldfield in the northwest part of the Tula Mountains, in Enderby Land. It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for K. Hardy, a weather observer at Wilkes...
in the Tula Mountains
Tula Mountains
Tula Mountains is a group of extensive mountains lying immediately eastward of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were discovered on January 14, 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Mawson and named "Tula Range" by him after John Biscoe's brig,...
. It was photographed and mapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...
) in 1956 and was visited and positioned by G.A. Knuckey of ANARE in November 1958. It was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R.E.T. Oldfield, a radio officer at Mawson Station
Mawson Station
Mawson Station is one of three permanent Australian bases in the Australian Antarctic Territory of East Antarctica. Named after Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, the base is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division...
in 1958.
Site of camp occupied by G. Knuckey, I. McLeod and R. E. Oldfield November 1958.