Name details

Igloo Spur

Igloo Spur (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Igloo Spur  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 126910

Feature type: Spur (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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Small, isolated spur 160 m high at the culmination of the general ridge extending SE from Bomb Peak, at the E end of Ross Island. Mapped and so named by the NZGSAE, 1958-59, because it was on this feature that Dr. E.A. Wilson and his party built a stone igloo during the BrAE, 1910-13.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
77° 33' 00.0" S
-77.55000°
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Longitude:
169° 16' 00.0" E
169.26667°
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Altitude:
160 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1964

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