Name details

Prinzregent-Luitpold-Land

Prinzregent-Luitpold-Land (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Prinzregent-Luitpold-Land  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Germany Gazetteer Id 107054

Feature type: Coast (1)

Origin

This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Narrative

The discovered coastal continental area ranging from Caird Coast up to Wiedenmanngletscher (78°10' S, 35° E) at the NW extremity of Touchdown Hills, and the shelf ice front of Filchnerschelfeis, Coats Land, Weddell Sea. Discovered during Deutsche Antarktische Expedition 1911/12 under Wilhelm Filchner; named at the first 'Land in sight' on 1912-JAN-30.

Named For

Luitpold Karl Joseph Wilhelm von Bayern (1821-1912), Prinzregent of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912, promoter of the expedition.

Location

Latitude:
77° 30' 00.0" S
-77.50000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
35° 00' 00.0" W
-35.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1000 m
Unknown precision

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Published by Przybyllok, E. (1913): Deutsche Antarktische Expedition (1911-12), Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin (Journal of the Geographical Society Berlin), 1 - 17; factually checked and approved by StAGN (German PCGN) on 1985-MAR-05; finally approved by German National Committee of SCAR. - Published also in Glaciological Map 1:2,000,000 Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis (30 January to 14 March 1986), Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie (IfAG), Frankfurt am Main, 1987; - Verification/correction of geographical location by Brunk, K. (1992): Zur Kartierung und geographischen Namengebung in der Antarktis, Anhang, in: Nachrichten aus dem Karten- und Vermessungswesen, Reihe I: 55-68; Frankfurt am Main.

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Apr-1985

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