Name details

Sutton Heights

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111477

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 c. 800m between Lassus Mountains and Debussy Heights, N Alexander Island, were photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; following survey by BAS from "Fossil Bluff", 1975-76, named after John Sutton (1919-1992), Professor of Geology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London University, 1958-73, and Dean, Royal School of Mines, 1965-68 and 1974-77; member of the BAS Scientific Advisory Committee, 1970-85, member of NERC, 1977-79, and Chairman, British National Committee on Antarctic Research, from 1979 (APC, 1980, p.5).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 45' 00.0" S
-69.75000°
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Longitude:
71° 30' 00.0" W
-71.50000°
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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 Identifier:
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:
11-Jun-2008

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