Name details

Washington Escarpment

Washington Escarpment (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Washington Escarpment  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111834

Feature type: Escarpment

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

extending N-S from the vicinity of Mount Dasinger to the vicinity of Gambacorta Peak, Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN and surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1963-64; named after the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., the Alma Mater of five members of the USGS field party ([in 83°45'S 55°00'W] USBGN, 1965, p.107; [co-ordinates corrected] USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.6).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
83° 42' 00.0" S
-83.70000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
55° 08' 00.0" W
-55.13333°
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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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