Name details

Ventifact Knobs

Ventifact Knobs (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Ventifact Knobs  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114645

Feature type: Glaciofluvial deposits (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

Knobs composed of lake clay covered by glacial drift. Ranging up to 12m high, the glacial drift has cobbles which are well wind-polished and cut into ventifacts. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF09

Named For

Although the knobs were noted by British geologists in early expeditions they were first studied and described in scientific papers by Professor T L Péwé of the US Deep Freeze III, 1957-58. He gave them this descriptive name.

Location

Latitude:
77° 41' 06.5" S
-77.68515°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 36' 02.4" E
162.60067°
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Altitude:
104 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
McMurdo Dry Valleys LiDAR 2014-15
Source Identifier:
NCALM_DV_LiDAR_TaylorValley_Middle_1m
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-May-1961

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