Name details

Alatna Valley

Alatna Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Alatna Valley  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112616

Feature type: Valley (2g)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An ice-free valley between Wildwind Glacier and Gran Glacier, trending approximately 14km northeast from Mount Gran, along the southeast side of the Convoy Range. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MC08

Named For

Parker Calkin, U.S. geologist, made stratigraphic studies in the valley during the 1960-61 season. Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 for the U.S. Naval Ship (USNS) Alatna which participated in Operation Deep Freeze 1958-59 and 1959-60, and in keeping with other ship names in the Convoy Range.

Location

Latitude:
76° 52' 59.8" S
-76.88328°
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Longitude:
161° 12' 43.5" E
161.21207°
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Altitude:
868 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 17_35 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Jun-1963

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