Name details

Gootee Nunatak

Gootee Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Gootee Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134300

Feature type: Nunatak (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 small nunatak, distinctive by its rocky exposure at approximately 410m, being the only rock outcrop at the west end of Couzens Bay, Shackleton Coast.

Named For

The nunatak was geologically mapped by a United States Antarctic Program (USAP) field party led by Edmund Stump, 2000-01, and named after geologist Brian Gootee (hydrogeologist), a member of the party.

Location

Latitude:
80° 39' 32.1" S
-80.65892°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
159° 56' 54.6" E
159.94849°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
413 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
10200100160CE400
Source Scale:
1:1889.76
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Feb-2003

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