Name details

Cape Reichelderfer

Reichelderfer, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Reichelderfer  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110830

Feature type: Cape

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

between Cape Hinks and Cape Rymill, E of Bingham Glacier, Wilkins Coast, was photograped from the air by Wilkins, 20 December 1928 (Wilkins, 1929, Fig. 32, p.369); further photographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by USAS in 1940; called in error Cape Rymill (q.v.) (USHO, 1943, photograph facing p.272; USHO chart 2562, 1943 and 1947); resurveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in January 1948 and named Cape Reichelderfer after Francis Wilton Reichelderfer (1895-1983), Chief, US Weather Bureau, 1938-63, who assisted RARE; pioneer meteorologist in balloons, flying-boats and airships (Ronne, 1949, map p.230; APC, 1955, p.17; DCS 601 sheet 6962, 1955; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 22' 00.0" S
-69.36667°
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Longitude:
62° 43' 00.0" W
-62.71667°
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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 Identifier:
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:
28-Jan-1953

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