Name details

Bieber Bench

Bieber Bench (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bieber Bench  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134258

Feature type: Bench (2f)

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 relatively horizontal upland area of 50 km2 at the south side of Surveyors Range, Churchill Mountains. The ice-covered feature rises to 1800m between Mansergh Snowfield and the head of Algie Glacier. Named after John W. Bieber, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware; USAP principal investigator for solar and heliospheric studies with Antarctic cosmic ray observations at the McMurdo and South Pole Stations, 1988-2002.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
81° 57' 00.0" S
-81.95000°
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Longitude:
160° 23' 00.0" E
160.38333°
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Altitude:
1800 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
27-Feb-2003

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