Name details

Snow Petrel Peak

Snow Petrel Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Snow Petrel Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114411

Feature type: Peak (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

A sharp rock peak at 605m that marks the easternmost summit of Mason Spur at the south end of Scott coast, Victoria Land.

Named For

The name appears in a 1987 sketch map and report by geologist Anne Wright-Grassham, (earlier Anne C. Wright), who had been a member of the 1983-84 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology field party to Mason Spur. So named because of the common presence of a pair of snow petrels seen flying around the peak over several days in November 1983. It was concluded they were nesting there.

Location

Latitude:
78° 32' 04.8" S
-78.53466°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
164° 38' 41.1" E
164.64476°
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Altitude:
605 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 18_34 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
4-Nov-1999

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