Name details

Tech Crags

Tech Crags (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Tech Crags  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134203

Feature type: Crag (2b)

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 narrow broken ridge 2.6 south of Williams Cliff on Ross Island. The feature rises to c.950m and marks a declivity along the flank of Mount Erebus, northwest of Turks Head Ridge, from which ice moves to Pakaru Icefalls. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF13

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, known as New Mexico Tech. From 1981, many Tech students under the direction of Philip R Kyle have undertaken graduate research projects (thesis and dissertation) on Mount Erebus, Ross Island.

Location

Latitude:
77° 37' 00.0" S
-77.61667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
166° 45' 00.0" E
166.75000°
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Altitude:
807 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF13 : Edition 1.01 Published 2014
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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