Name details

Riddiford Nunatak

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134349

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 but conspicuous nunatak at approximately 1120m above sea level, with a larger exposed rocky outcrop at 1100m, lying 6km west-northwest of Abercrombie Crests in Darley Hills, Churchill Mountains.

Named For

Named after Charles E Riddiford, National Geographic Magazine Cartographer/typographer, c. 1923-58. His drawings illustrate the NGM monograph The Round Earth on Flat Paper, 1947. One of several features in Darley Hills that are named for NGS staff.

Location

Latitude:
80° 58' 41.8" S
-80.97827°
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Longitude:
159° 49' 48.7" E
159.83020°
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Altitude:
1106 m
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Images

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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

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Feb-2003

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