Name details

LeFeuvre Scarp

LeFeuvre Scarp (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

LeFeuvre Scarp  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109781

Feature type: Escarpment

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

rising to c. 800m on N side of Bingham Glacier, Wilkins Coast, was surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 14 August 1947, and photographed from the air by RARE, 22 December 1947; further surveyed, with improved delineation from RARE air photographs, by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in January 1962; named after Charles Frank LeFeuvre (b.1928), radio operator, RSIGYE, Halley, 1956-57 (as Sergt, RCS); FIDS, Signy, 1959-60, "Horseshoe Island" and "Stonington Island", 1960-61; South Georgia Biological Expedition, 1961-62; BAS, "Hope Bay", 1963-64 (APC, 1962, p.19; DOS sheet W69 62, 1963). Le Feuvre Scarp (USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 21' 00.0" S
-69.35000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
63° 18' 00.0" W
-63.30000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Aug-1962

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