Name details

Kreutz Snowfield

Kreutz Snowfield (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Kreutz Snowfield  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135378

Feature type: Snowfield (12)

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

An intermontane snowfield of 5km², Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The snowfield is bounded to the south by Forsyth Peak, to the west by Victoria Upper Névé, to the north by Mount Leland, and to the east by Mount Isaac. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME08

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) after Karl J. Kreutz, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Maine, Orono, ME, who investigated late Holocene climate variability from Siple Dome ice cores, three field seasons 1994-97. From Taylor Glacier and Clark Glacier ice cores, two seasons 2003-05.

Location

Latitude:
77° 17' 30.0" S
-77.29167°
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Longitude:
161° 15' 30.0" E
161.25833°
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Altitude:
1261 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
ME08 : Edition 1.01 Published 2014
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-Oct-2005

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