Name details

Yanhuang Xuedi

Yanhuang Xuedi (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Yanhuang Xuedi  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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China Gazetteer Id 138072

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

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

Narrative

It is an area of ice sheets on the study route from the Zhongshan Station to Dome A. Its latitude ranges from 72°S to 73°S. The ice zone on which the expedition route pass right through is the more gentle, which has the elevation of about 2,500 meters. However the east and west side of the route are undulating. It was named when satellite images surveying and mapping in 2000.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 38' 56.2" S
-72.64894°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
77° 31' 40.0" E
77.52777°
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Altitude:
2500 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

New entry as of request by Songtao Ai of 05 June 2015 (J. Muller)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2000

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