Name details

Gateway Nunatak

Gateway Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Gateway Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113376

Feature type: Nunatak (2b)

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 prominent nunatak in the upper Mackay Glacier, 15km west-southwest of Mount Gran and 5.6km south of Reid Rigde, at the end of a long line of icefalls extending across the glacier. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MD07

Named For

Surveyed by the Northern Survey Party of the New Zealand Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58, in November 1957, and named by them because it marks the most obvious gateway through the upper icefalls for parties travelling west up the Mackay Glacier.

Location

Latitude:
77° 00' 29.6" S
-77.00821°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 15' 45.3" E
160.26258°
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Altitude:
1831 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

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Jul-1959

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