Name details

Surprise Spur

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 132358

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.

Narrative

A prominent spur, the northernmost of three spurs on the SW side of Ackerman Ridge in the La Gorce Mountains. First mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. So named by NZGSAE (1969-70) because, in the middle of an extensive region of purely basement rocks, slightly altered sedimentary rocks which seem to belong to the much younger Beacon series appear on this spur.

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Location

Latitude:
86° 34' 00.0" S
-86.56667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
147° 50' 00.0" W
-147.83333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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-1970

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