Name details

Gonville and Caius Range

Gonville and Caius Range (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Gonville and Caius Range  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113410

Feature type: Range (2c)

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 series of snow-covered peaks rising in the centre to 1483m at Mount Brigham, and well de forming the southern wall of the Mackay Glacier basin and well defined to the south and east by Miller Glacier, Debenham Glacier, and Wilson Piedmont Glacier, in Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MD09

Named For

First discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13. Named for Gonville and Caius Colleges of Cambridge University, the alma mater of several members of the expedition.

Location

Latitude:
77° 07' 00.0" S
-77.11667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 15' 00.0" E
162.25000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1214 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MD09 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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