Name details

Worcester Range

Worcester Range (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Worcester Range  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114761

Feature type: Range (2c)

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 coastal range approximately 45km wide on a line from Clem Nunatak to Mount Marvel, tapering to 18km between Cape Teall and Cape Timberlake at the coast, lying west of Moore Bay along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf. The range has many steep sharp peaks, and Mount Harmsworth, Mount Speyer and Mount Dawson-Lambton are peaks in this range. Mount Harmsworth, 2747m high, is the highest point.

Named For

Probably named after the training ship in the Thames, in which many officers of early Antarctic expeditions trained. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (Discovery Expedition, BrNAE), 1901-04. The name seems to have been first applied on the charts of the British Antarctic Expedition (Nimrod expedition, BAE), 1907-09.

Location

Latitude:
78° 50' 00.0" S
-78.83333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 00' 00.0" E
161.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1300 m
Unknown precision

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 19_34 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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