Name details

Sosa Icefalls

Sosa Icefalls (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Sosa Icefalls  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134361

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Narrative

A line of icefalls nearly 200m high at the south margin of Chapman Snowfield, Churchill Mountains. The icefalls extend south-west for 20km from Mount Massam, ending near the head of Starshot Glacier. Named after Ezekiel R Sosa, USGS topographic engineer with the Topo North-Topo South survey expedition in these mountains, 1961-62.

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Location

Latitude:
81° 51' 00.0" S
-81.85000°
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Longitude:
157° 48' 00.0" E
157.80000°
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Altitude:
200 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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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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