Name details

Coral Ridge

Coral Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Coral Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139607

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A ridge trending north-south, transverse to the axis of Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, forming a divide 100m above sea level between Lake Fryxell and Explorers Cove, McMurdo Sound. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-ME10

Named For

A large number of solitary fossil corals have been found here by New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) - U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) teams in the course of joint geological studies of the area. The name was suggested by Donald P. Elston, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a research team member who worked at the ridge in the 1979-80 and 1980-81 seasons.

Location

Latitude:
77° 34' 20.2" S
-77.57228°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 25' 34.6" E
163.42629°
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Altitude:
94 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
McMurdo Dry Valleys LiDAR 2014-15
Source Identifier:
NCALM_DV_LiDAR_TaylorValley_East_1m
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
17-Dec-1981

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