Name details

Portal Rock

Portal Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Portal Rock (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 130270

Feature type: Rock (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.

Narrative

A turret-like rock knob (1,990 m) in Queen Alexandra Range, standing 1.5 mi NW of Fairchild Peak, just S of the mouth of Tillite Glacier. So named by the Ohio State University geology party (1966-67) because the only safe route to Tillite Glacier lies between this rock and Fairchild Peak.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

83° 50' 00.0" S

-83.83333°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

165° 36' 00.0" E

165.60000°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

1990 m

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-1968

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