Name details

The Gap

Gap, The (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

The Gap (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 125524

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

The Gap (New Zealand)

Narrative

A pass between Crater Hill and Observation Hill at the S end of Hut Point Peninsula, on Ross Island. Charted and named by the BrNAE, 1901-04, under Scott. BrNAE sledge parties traversed the S end of the peninsula via this low level passage.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

77° 51' 00.0" S

-77.85000°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

166° 43' 00.0" E

166.71667°

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-1952

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