Petrie Ice Rises (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Petrie Ice Rises (The name as it would appear on a map)
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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:
N-S line of ten ice rises in Wilkins Ice Shelf, W Alexander Island, were seen from the air on a BAS radio echo-sounding flight, 11 February 1967, and later accurately positioned from US LANDSAT imagery; named after David Lyall Petrie (b.1940), BAS and SPRI electronic technician, c.1966-70, who was on the flight (APC, 1982, p.3).
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