Name details

Gandalf Ridge

Gandalf Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Gandalf Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113369

Feature type: Ridge (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

A rugged volcanic ridge at the northwest end of Hurricane Ridge, on the northern slopes of Mount Morning and extending towards Lake Discovery, on Scott Coast.

Named For

Gandalf is a whimsical name put forward by geologist Philip R. Kyle, Institute of Polar Studies, The Ohio State University, who examined the ridge in Dec 1977. The discovery of very hard volcanic rock at this ridge led to the naming: Gandalf, after a crusty character (a wizard) in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

Location

Latitude:
78° 21' 00.0" S
-78.35000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
164° 07' 00.0" E
164.11667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
439 m
Unknown precision

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 18_34 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:
4-Nov-1999

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