Name details

Rhino Rock

Rhino Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rhino Rock  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110863

Feature type: Rock

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 700m W of Stefansson Sound, Wilkins Coast, was photographed from the air by Wilkins, 20 December 1928 (Wilkins, 1929, Fig. 33, p.369); further photographed from the air, and surveyed from the ground, by USAS in December 1940 (USHO, 1943, photograph facing p.272); named descriptively Rhino Horn Rock (USHO, 1943, p.273). Rhino Horn Block, presumably in error (Hinks, 1944, p.79). The feature was resurveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947. Rhino Rock (APC, 1955, p.18; DCS 601 sheet 69, 62, 1955; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 34' 00.0" S
-69.56667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 32' 00.0" W
-62.53333°
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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:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Jan-1953

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