Name details

Rayner Rib

Rayner Rib (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rayner Rib  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2333

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

A narrow rock ridge to the south of Ross Bluff on the Winston Glacier, Heard Island.

Named For

Named after Roy Rayner, helicopter engineer with the Australian National Mapping Expedition of 1980, who contributed to the success of the expedition.

Location

Latitude:
53° 08' 44.8" S
-53.14578°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
73° 36' 03.6" E
73.60100°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
850 m
Accurate to 30m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
WorldView Image 23 March 2008
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( Heard_WorldView-1_23MAR08 - Heard Island WorldView-1 Image (23 March 2008) orthorectification )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Altitude from: A Digital Elevation Model of Heard Island derived from TerraSAR satellite imagery Entry ID: heard_dem_terrasar

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Dec-1982

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