Patalamon Mesa
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Patalamon Mesa is a flat-topped mountain
rising to about 700 m west of Hidden Lake
, in the western portion of James Ross Island
. In association with nearby Kerick Col
, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1987 after Patalamon, son of Kerick Booterin, in Rudyard Kipling
's story The White Seal in The Jungle Book
.
Mountain
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rising to about 700 m west of Hidden Lake
Hidden Lake (Antarctica)
Hidden Lake is a lake, long, lying midway between Lagrelius Point and Cape Obelisk in the west part of James Ross Island. It drains by a small stream into the deep bay south of Lagrelius Point. It was discovered in 1945 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey, who so named it because it is...
, in the western portion of James Ross Island
James Ross Island
James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel. Rising to , it is irregularly shaped and extends in a north-south direction. It was charted in October 1903 by the Swedish...
. In association with nearby Kerick Col
Kerick Col
Kerick Col is a col running north-south at 150 m between Gin Cove and Rum Cove, in the west part of James Ross Island. Crisscross Crags rise at the east side of the col. In association with names in this area from Kipling's Jungle Book, named after Kerick Booterin, chief of the seal hunters in The...
, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1987 after Patalamon, son of Kerick Booterin, in Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...
's story The White Seal in The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–4. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six...
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