Name details

Razorback Islands

Razorback Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Razorback Islands (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114204

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

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

Narrative

The group of two islands comprising Big Razorback Island and Little Razorback Island, in Erebus Bay north of Erebus Glacier Tongue, Ross Island. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF13

Named For

A collective name.

Location

Latitude:

77° 40' 30.1" S

-77.67504°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

166° 31' 28.2" E

166.52449°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

0 m

Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018

Source Identifier:

REMA 8m tile 17_34 release 1.1

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Polar Geospatial Center

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

1-Jan-1958

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