Name details

Kirkwood Range

Kirkwood Range (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Kirkwood Range  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113705

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 massive coastal range extending approximately 38km north-south between Fry Glacier and Mawson Glacier. Named peaks on the range include Shoulder Mountain, Mount Creak, Mount Endeavour, Mount Chetwynd and Mount Gauss. A broad low-level platform on the seaward side of the range is occupied by the Oates Piedmont Glacier. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MB08

Named For

Named by the Northern Survey Party of the New Zealand Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58, after Captain H H Kirkwood, captain of the supply ship "Endeavour" during its first two season in the Ross Dependency area.

Location

Latitude:
76° 27' 00.0" S
-76.45000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 00' 00.0" E
162.00000°
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Altitude:
1212 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MB08 : 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:
24-Jul-1959

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