Name details

Cui Xi

Cui Xi (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cui Xi  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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China Gazetteer Id 106536

Feature type: Watercourse

Origin

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

Narrative

During the summer, the river due to the plenty of water of the melting snow in Xi Hu flow to the low-lying enter of east coast flows through the cobblestone ground of the station area into sea. The water is clear and transparent and rich in rhyme. February 20 1985, when Great Wall Station was completed, the leader of the China Condolence Group, the director of the National Antarctic Research Committee Wu Heng who attended the opening ceremony named it Cui Xi.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 13' 03.7" S
-62.21771°
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Longitude:
58° 57' 47.3" W
-58.96315°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates, date named and narrative updated as of request by Songtao Ai of 5 June 2015 (J. Muller)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Feb-1986

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