Name details

Buckley Nunataks

Buckley Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Buckley Nunataks (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 134099

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Three nunataks 20 km E of Cheeks Nunataks and 20 km SW of Sky-Blu, southern Palmer Land, used in estimating limits of visibility for aircraft operation. Named after Peter Buckley (b. 1958), BAS pilot who first identified the site for Sky-Blu ice runway (GBR text 2001).

Named For

Location

Latitude:

74° 55' 00.0" S

-74.91667°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

72° 10' 00.0" W

-72.16667°

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:

26-Jun-1901

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