Name details

Lyddan Ice Rise

Lyddan Ice Rise (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Lyddan Ice Rise  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109934

Feature type: Ice rise

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.

Narrative

between Stancomb-Wills Ice Stream and Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf, Coats Land, was sighted by BAS from Halley during glaciological work on Brunt Ice Shelf, 17 January 1967; roughly mapped in c. 74°10'S 20°30'W and called Christmas Box Ice Rise, as the discovery coincided with the delayed broaching of Christmas provisions (Thomas, 1973, map p.6); photographed from the air by USN Squadron VXE-6, 5 November 1967; further mapped from air photographs and called Lyddan Island after Robert H. Lyddan, Assistant Director, USGS, 1956-68, and Chief Topographic Engineer from 1968, with responsibility for Antarctic cartography ([in c. 74°30'S 20°05'W] AGS map, 1970; [in c. 74°25'S 20°45'W] Alberts, 1977, p.44); delineated as an ice rise with adjusted position from USLANDSAT imagery of February 1974 (BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981; [with incorrect co- ordinates of 74°25'S 20°45'W] APC, 1982, p.3; [co-ordinates corrected] APC, 1986, p.3).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
74° 10' 00.0" S
-74.16667°
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Longitude:
21° 00' 00.0" W
-21.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Scale:
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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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
11-Jun-2008

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