Name details

Trajer Ridge

Trajer Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Trajer Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 132838

Feature type: Ridge (2d)

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 rock ridge about 125 m high at the S side of the base of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1954, 1957 and 1958) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). Named by ANCA for F.L. Trajer, weather observer at Davis Station (1961) who, with M. Hay, visited the feature on foot on Nov. 4, 1961.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 34' 00.0" S
-68.56667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 30' 00.0" E
78.50000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
125 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Nathan Saunders 2009
Catalogue id
IA22020
Caption
Trajer Ridge, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking Southeast.
Photographer
Saunders, Nathan

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-1970

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