Name details

Lacroix Nunatak

Lacroix Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Lacroix Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 127697

Feature type: Nunatak (2b)

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

Ridge of terminal moraine, about 1 mi long and 75 m high, standing immediately S of a small zone of low rocky ridges which protrude above the ice-covered point 2 mi SW of Cape Margerie, Adelie Coast. Discovered in 1931 by BANZARE personnel on the believing it to be a 300-m rock peak. Named by Mawson after French mineralogist Alfred Lacroix (Mount Lacroix, q.v.). Photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Surveyed by the FrAE, 1949-51, which established an astronomical control station near its center.

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Location

Latitude:
66° 51' 00.0" S
-66.85000°
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Longitude:
141° 20' 00.0" E
141.33333°
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Altitude:
75 m
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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1955

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