Name details

Tongji Bingji

Tongji Bingji (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Tongji Bingji  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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China Gazetteer Id 106692

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

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

Narrative

There is a great pressure ridge between the Dalk Glaciers and Qinglong Gou. Songlin Qian and several others from the 7th CHINARE to Zhongshan Station measured dozens of elevation points for 20 to 30 km along this ridge line from Bingyuan Tou of Larsemann Hills. It was named when satellite images surveying and mapping in 1993 since this ridge is the best route from Zhongshan Station to the South Pole.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 30' 00.0" S
-69.50000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
76° 19' 00.0" E
76.31667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Name (formerly Tongji Xueji), coordinates, date named and narrative updated as of request by Songtao Ai of 5 June 2015 (J. Muller)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1993

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