Name details

Sickle Ridge

Sickle Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Sickle Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114383

Feature type: Ridge (2d)

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

An 8km sickle-shaped ridge in Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. The ridge extends southward from the Handle between Tedrow Glacier and Emmanuel Glacier and terminates at Murcray Heights, rising to 3058m. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MG09

Named For

Named descriptively following work in the area in the 1987-88 field season by New Zealand Geological Survey (NZGS) geologist Alan Sherwood.

Location

Latitude:
78° 01' 00.0" S
-78.01667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 10' 00.0" E
162.16667°
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Altitude:
2577 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MG09 : Edition 1.01 Published 2013
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:
29-Jun-1989

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