Name details

Caliper Cove

Caliper Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Caliper Cove (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 123215

Feature type: Cove (3)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A rounded, ice-filled cove in Lady Newnes Bay, situated between the mouths of Wylde and Suter Glaciers along the coast of Victoria Land. The shape of the cove and the points that encompass it are nearly symmetrical suggesting calipers; hence the name applied by NZ-APC in 1966.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

73° 34' 00.0" S

-73.56667°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

166° 56' 00.0" E

166.93333°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

1-Jan-1966

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