Name details

Low Summit

Low Summit (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Low Summit  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113798

Feature type: Hill (2d)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

At the south of Turks Head, on the southwestern side of Ross Island. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF13

Named For

Descriptively named by Debenham during his plane table survey in 1912, during the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13.

Location

Latitude:
77° 39' 53.6" S
-77.66488°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
166° 46' 48.2" E
166.78005°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
169 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 17_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:
1-Jan-1958

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