Name details

Rowley Massif

Rowley Massif (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rowley Massif  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110965

Feature type: Massif

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 1320m at Mount Vennum on NW side of Odom Inlet, Black Coast, was photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1972-73; named after Peter D. Rowley, geologist with the USGS Lassiter Coast party, 1972-73, who worked in this area (Rowley, 1973) (APC, 1977, p.28; BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/16, 1-DOS 1976).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 35' 00.0" S
-71.58333°
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Longitude:
61° 54' 00.0" W
-61.90000°
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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:
21-Jul-1976

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