Name details

Giggenbach Ridge

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134145

Feature type: Ridge (2d)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A north-south trending chain of summits, approximately 8.5km long from near Barker Peak in the south to Kristin Peak in the north, located on the west-northwest slopes of Mount Terror on Ross Island. The ridge rises to 2546m west of Mount Terror and descends to around 1100m at the north end. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME15

Named For

At the instance of P. R. Kyle, named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Werner F. Giggenbach (d.), Chemistry Division, DSIR, who worked in the NZAP at Mount Erebus in four field seasons during the 1970s. He rappelled into the Inner Crater of Mount Erebus in 1978 but had to be pulled out when an eruption showered him and colleagues on the crater rim with volcanic bombs. One of the leading volcanic gas geochemists of the period.

Location

Latitude:
77° 28' 00.0" S
-77.46667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
168° 20' 00.0" E
168.33333°
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Altitude:
1810 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
ME15 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-Feb-2001

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