Name details

Thomas Heights

Thomas Heights (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Thomas Heights  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114541

Feature type: Heights (2b)

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 line of prominent summit ridges/hills at the north end of Blue Glacier, that extend from Bettle Peak eastward to the Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The feature forms a portion of the divide between the lower ends of Ferrar Glacier and Blue Glacier. Named by the NZ-APC in 1983 who arrived on the day that Arthur A. Thomas of New Zealand was pardoned. Suggested by R.H. Findlay, NZARP geologist to the area, 1977-81.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
77° 47' 00.0" S
-77.78333°
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Longitude:
163° 52' 00.0" E
163.86667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1982

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