Name details

Tarbuck Crag

Tarbuck Crag (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Tarbuck Crag  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 132479

Feature type: Crag (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

One of a group of three high points about 0.75 mi SW of Club Lake in the Vestfold Hills. The feature is 140 m high and has steep sides to the south and east. The feature was the terminal tellurometer station of the 1969 ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey. Named by ANCA for J. Tarbuck, cook at Wilkes Station in 1965, cook at Davis Station in 1969, and expedition assistant with ANARE at Wilkes in 1967.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 35' 00.0" S
-68.58333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 12' 00.0" E
78.20000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
140 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Mark Tell, Supervising CTO Davis 2001 2024
Catalogue id
IA16497
Caption
Radio masts on Tarbuck Crag, Vestfold Hills. One holds the wind generator, one the emergency antenna and one is the main antenna.
Photographer
Tell, Mark

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-1973

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