Name details

Constellation Dome

Constellation Dome (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Constellation Dome  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113039

Feature type: Knoll (2d)

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

The highest feature of the Darley Hills, a coastal range between Nursery Glacier, Entrikin Glacier, and the Ross Ice Shelf, at Shackleton Coast, Victoria Land.

Named For

Named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1960-61, because it was here that the NZ party carried out the first astro fix of the journey.

Location

Latitude:
81° 06' 18.5" S
-81.10515°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 13' 40.5" E
160.22793°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1211 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 21_34 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

REMA orthometric height considerably lower than old USGS 250k mapped height of c.1330m.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-May-1961

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