Name details

Spanley Rocks

Spanley Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Spanley Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111306

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 955m SW of Cordiner Peaks, Pensacola Mountains, were seen from the air by USAF on a flight from "Ellsworth Station" in November 1957; called Becker Peaks probably after R.A. Becker (Mount Becker, q.v.) (Ronne, 1961, map Front); photographed from the air by USN in 1964 and surveyed from the ground on US Pensacola Mountains Project, 1965 66; named after John A Spanley, USN, cook, "South Pole Station", winter 1965 (USGS sheet SU 21 25/9, 1969; APC, 1974, p.6).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
82° 58' 00.0" S
-82.96667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
54° 40' 00.0" W
-54.66667°
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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:
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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:
3-Nov-1971

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