Name details

Fission Wall

Fission Wall (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Fission Wall  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 125132

Feature type: Wall (2f)

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 1,400 m high granite cliff on the N face of Mount Griffith, Hays Mountains, in the Queen Maud Mountains. The feature was climbed on Nov. 16, 1987, by a USARP-Arizona State University geological party led by Edmund Stump. The name derives from granite samples collected on the wall at 100 m spacing for dating by the fission-track method.

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Location

Latitude:
85° 52' 00.0" S
-85.86667°
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Longitude:
155° 12' 00.0" W
-155.20000°
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Altitude:
1400 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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