Astor Rocks

Astor Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Astor Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 578
Name ID: 121971

Feature type: Rock (2b)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Two small rock outcrops lying 4 mi SE of Mount Ramenskiy in the SE extremity of the Wohlthat Mountains. Plotted from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60, and named for Astor Ernstsen, a meteorologist with NorAE, 1958-59.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 48' 00.0" S
-71.80000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
12° 44' 00.0" E
12.73333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1970

Related information

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