Name details

Cleft Ledge

Cleft Ledge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cleft Ledge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135622

Feature type: Bench (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 flat-topped ridge 1.6km long and 0.5km wide between Shaw Trough and Healy Trough in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. The ledge rises to 920m and is split nearly in half by a hanging valley. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME07

Named For

The name is descriptive and was recommended by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) because a central N-S hanging valley nearly divides the ledge in two.

Location

Latitude:
77° 32' 28.3" S
-77.54120°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 53' 08.3" E
160.88563°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
921 m
Unknown precision

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 18_35 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:
3-Mar-2005

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