Name details

Rohnke Crests

Rohnke Crests (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rohnke Crests  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114259

Feature type: None recorded.

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

Two rock ridges (c.1400 m) that are parallel and rise above the general ice mantle on the SE slopes of Mount Terror, Ross Island. This feature is E of the head of Eastwind Glacier (new name) and 4 mi NE of Conical Hill. Named in association with Eastwind Glacier after Capt. (later R.Adm.) Oscar C. Rohnke, USCG, who commanded USCGC Eastwind in Ross Sea during USN OpDFrz I, 1955-56.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
77° 35' 00.0" S
-77.58333°
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Longitude:
168° 41' 00.0" E
168.68333°
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Altitude:
1400 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
4-Nov-1999

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