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Mount McGhee

Mountain in Enderby Land, Antarctica

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 4, 2023
Entity authorityQ6922102 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mount McGhee (66°56′S 52°39′E) is a mountain 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Mount Smethurst in Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1957 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for J. McGhee, a mechanic and driver at Wilkes Station in 1961.

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External links

This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount McGhee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mount McGhee” as mountain in Enderby Land, Antarctica. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mount, McGhee and Mountain.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1957, 1961—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mount, McGhee and Mountain providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mount McGhee”, the useful work is to connect “mountain in Enderby Land, Antarctica” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 4, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q6922102. Authority coordinates are -66.933, 52.650. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1957 and 1961.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Mount McGhee”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Mount McGhee primary sources, Mount McGhee archive and Mount research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Mount McGhee”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Mount McGhee” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.