Name details

Bradshaw Peak

Bradshaw Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bradshaw Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134266

Feature type: Peak (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 peak rising to c.1640m, 4.2km south-east of Turk Peak, Churchill Mountains. Situated on the southwest side of McLay Glacier.

Named For

Named after Margaret Bradshaw, geological scientist, University of Canterbury. Margaret is an eminent geologist specialising in Devonian geology, and in 1979 was the first woman to lead a deep field party in the Antarctic. She has worked extensively in the Darwin Mountains and Ohio Ranges and in the Dry Valleys of the Transantarctic Mountains. At the time Margaret was also the only New Zealand woman to be awarded a Polar medal.

Location

Latitude:
81° 02' 53.4" S
-81.04817°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
158° 33' 49.8" E
158.56383°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1558 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 21_34 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Orthometric height from REMA only 1558m, compared to USGS 250k map height c.1640m.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Feb-2003

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