Name details

Mudge Passage

Mudge Passage (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mudge Passage  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110262

Feature type: Passage

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

deep water passage running E-W from the vicinity of Prospect Point, between Beer Island and Dodman Island to the north, and Saffrey Islands and Trump Islands to the south, to the vicinity of of Extension Reef, Graham Coast. Charted by RRS John Biscoe, 1977 and HMS Endurance 1986. Named in association with Harrison Passage and Maskelyne Passage after Thomas Mudge (1715-94), English horologist, who made substantial improvements to marine chronometers.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 02' 00.0" S
-66.03333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
65° 50' 00.0" W
-65.83333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Feb-1988

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