Name details

Clegg Nunataks

Clegg Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Clegg Nunataks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135623

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 nunatak group, 2.4km long, lying above Haselton Icefall to the southwest, in the upper part of Haselton Glacier, Willett Range, Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME07

Named For

Named by the New Zealand Geographic Board after Keith Clegg, Information Officer for Antarctic Division DSIR (Antarctica New Zealand predecessor organisation) from 1979 to 1988. He was responsible for the dissemination of Antarctic information and public relations and was the Information Officer of the Division during the November 1979 Erebus DC 10 crash. He maintained a long interest in Antarctic activity during his lifetime (d. December 2004).

Location

Latitude:
77° 22' 33.8" S
-77.37606°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 37' 13.2" E
160.62034°
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Altitude:
1934 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 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:
20-Oct-2005

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