Name details

Terminus Nunatak

Terminus Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Terminus Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111536

Feature type: Nunatak

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 670m between Eureka Glaciar and Warren Ice Piedmont, W of Traverse Mountains, George VI Sound, was photographed from the air by Ellsworth, 23 November 1935, and mapped from air photographs by Joerg (1937, map facing p.444); further photographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by BGLE in 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); resurveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948 and so named because the nunatak marks the end of the sledge route from Wordie Ice Shelf via Eureka Glacier to George VI Sound (APC, 1955, p.20; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 69 68, 1957). Nunatak Termines (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 52' 00.0" S
-69.86667°
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Longitude:
68° 20' 00.0" W
-68.33333°
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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:
31-Mar-1955

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