Name details

Skytrain Ice Rise

Skytrain Ice Rise (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Skytrain Ice Rise  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 131736

Feature type: Ice rise (12)

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

A large, flattish, peninsula-like ice rise of about 50 mi extent, extending from the vicinity of Meyer Hills in the Heritage Range eastward into the Ronne Ice Shelf. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN after the LC-47 Douglas Skytrain airplane (also called R4D and Dakota), used extensively in the supply and placement of U.S. field personnel in Antarctica beginning with USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and continuing into the late 1960s.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
79° 40' 00.0" S
-79.66667°
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Longitude:
78° 30' 00.0" W
-78.50000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1968

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