Name details

Whitcomb Ridge

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 133633

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.

Narrative

A high, ice-covered ridge along the S side of the head of Gair Glacier, standing 6 mi SE of Mount Supernal in the Mountaineer Range of Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Jean P. Whitcomb, radio scientist at McMurdo Station, 1965-66 and 1966-67.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

73° 07' 00.0" S

-73.11667°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

166° 00' 00.0" E

166.00000°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

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-1969

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