Name details

Satellite Snowfield

Satellite Snowfield (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Satellite Snowfield  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111042

Feature type: Snowfield

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

SW of Walton Mountains, Alexander Island, extending from 71°20'S to 71°37'S and from 69°20'W to 70°10'W, was photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and roughly mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959 (Searle, 1963, end map); following surveys by BAS from "Fossil Bluff", 1961-73, named for the satellites of the planets whose names are grouped in this area (APC, 1975, p.5; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/13, 2-DOS, 1984).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 28' 00.0" S
-71.46667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
69° 45' 00.0" W
-69.75000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

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:
20-Dec-1974

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