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Mount Rivett

bare rock mountain in 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 revisionFeb 8, 2024
Entity authorityQ6584240 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mount Rivett (67°50′S 66°14′E) is a bare rock mountain, the northeasternmost feature of the Gustav Bull Mountains in Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. On February 13, 1931, the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) (1929–31) under Douglas Mawson made a landing on nearby Scullin Monolith. They named this mountain after Sir David Rivett, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1927–45.

See also

Lawson Aiguilles, a line of sharp peaks in the south part of Mount Rivett

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

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mount Rivett” as bare rock mountain in Antarctica. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mount, Rivett and bare.

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—1931, 1929, 1927—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mount, Rivett and bare providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

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

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 8, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q6584240. Authority coordinates are -67.833, 66.233. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1931, 1929 and 1927.

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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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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mount Rivett” 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.