Name details

Cape Goldschmidt

Goldschmidt, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Goldschmidt  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113408

Feature type: Cape (8)

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 cape at the end of Nicholson Peninsula, immediately south of Couzens Bay and north of Mattherson Inlet.

Named For

Named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1960-61, for Donald Riddel Goldschmidt, a member of both the 1959-60 and 1960-61 field parties, who mapped the area.

Location

Latitude:
80° 40' 01.3" S
-80.66703°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 07' 49.1" E
161.13030°
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Altitude:
115 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 21_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:
24-May-1961

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