Name details

Corner Camp Relic

Corner Camp (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Corner Camp  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113051

Feature type: Camp (14)

Origin

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

Narrative

The No 6 camp of the BAE, 1910-13, on the Ross Ice Shelf.

Named For

It was named in 1911 because it was here that the expedition changed direction to head due south across the Ross Ice Shelf.

Location

Latitude:
78° 02' 00.0" S
-78.03333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
169° 00' 00.0" E
169.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
32 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
x
Source Identifier:
x
Source Scale:
1:x
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
x
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Position from Map of McMurdo Sound Region, Ross Sea, Debenham, 1923.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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