Name details

Sauna Cave

Sauna Cave (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Sauna Cave (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134191

Feature type: Cave (15)

Origin

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

Narrative

A lava tube under a fumarole of significant size, located 450m south east of Western Crater on Mount Erebus. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME14

Named For

Used literally as a sauna by people. Submitted by Ray Dibble.

Location

Latitude:

77° 32' 03.9" S

-77.53443°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

167° 08' 04.0" E

167.13445°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

3561 m

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) Campaign (2001)

Source Identifier:

erebus_atm_2001_dem_v5

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

NASA, NSF, and USGS

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

18-Oct-2001

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