Name details

Wall Range

Wall Range (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Wall Range  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111813

Feature type: Range

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

running NE-SW on Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago, and rising to c. 1100 m at Mount Wheat, was sighted by BeAE in February 1898; surveyed by FIDS from "Port Lockroy" in 1944 and named descriptively (BA chart 3213, 6.x.1950; APC, 1955, p.22; BA chart 3566, 16.x.1959); resurveyed by FIDS from "Arthur Harbour" in 1955. Copper Peak (q.v.), incorrectly referring to the N end of this feature (USHO, 1960, p.362, 3rd view). Cadena Wall (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.298).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 49' 00.0" S
-64.81667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
63° 22' 00.0" W
-63.36667°
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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:
21-Nov-1949

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