Name details

Anderson Knoll

Anderson Knoll (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Anderson Knoll  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139619

Feature type: Knoll

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

The southernmost nunatak in Granite Knolls, approximately 2.5km south of the main massif and marginal to Blue Glacier, in Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF10

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Klaus G. Anderson (d. 1991), civil engineering technician, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 1960-90. Member of the USGS field team which established geodetic control in the Hudson Mountains, Jones Mountains, Thurston Island and Farwell Island areas of Walgreen Coast and Eights Coast during the 1968-69 season.

Location

Latitude:
77° 54' 12.1" S
-77.90336°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 26' 21.7" E
163.43935°
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Altitude:
941 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF10 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates also compared against 0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018, 1020010006763700

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Sep-1992

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