Name details

Scripps Heights

Scripps Heights (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Scripps Heights  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111093

Feature type: Heights

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 1690m W of Cape Walcott, Wilkins Coast, bounded by Casey Inlet and Casey Glacier to N and NW, and by Lurabee Glacier and Hogmanay Pass to S and SW, were seen from the air and partially photo- graphed by Wilkins, 20 December 1928; roughly mapped as an island in c. 70°00'S 65°30'W and called Scripps Island after William Edmund Scripps (1882-1952), publisher, of Detroit, Mich. ( [AGS], 1929a, map p.308; Wilkins, 1929, p.367 and map facing p.374; BA chart 3175, 7.vii.1933). Scrippsøen, Scripps Ö (Aagaard, 1930, p.294 and end map). IÎle Scripps (Zimmermann, 1930, map p.347). Scripps Peninsula, following study of Wilkins' air photographs and preliminary reports of BGLE (Joerg, 1937, map facing p.444; USHO, 1943, p.272). Scripps Halbinsel (Stocks, chart, 1941). The feature was seen from the air and roughly surveyed from the ground by USAS in 1940. Scrippsøy (Aagaard, 1944, p.32). Scripps Ridge ([in 69°05'S 63°30'W] USBGN, 1947, p.228; [in 69°06'S 63°35'] APC, 1955, p.19; DCS 601 sheet 69 62, 1955). The feature was photographed from the air by RARE and surveyed from the ground in its E part by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947; surveyed in its W part by FIDS in December 1960. Khrebet Skrips-Ridzh (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Scripps Heights ([in 60°10'S 63°52'W] APC, 1962, p.28; USBGN, 1962b, p.24; [co-ordinates corrected] DOS 610 sheet W6962, 1963; APC, 1977, p.29).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 09' 00.0" S
-69.15000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
63° 47' 00.0" W
-63.78333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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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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