Name details

Costa Spur

Costa Spur (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Costa Spur  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135626

Feature type: Spur (2f)

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 prominent spur 6 km south-west of Quetin Head, Daniell Peninsula, Borchgrevink Coast. The spur descends eastward to Ross Sea and marks the southern extent of Mandible Cirque. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Daniel P. Costa, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, who studied seals at McMurdo Sound, South Georgia, and Livingson Island in several field seasons from 1977; chief scientist aboard Nathaniel B. Palmer for two winter cruises associated with the U.S. Southern Ocean GLOBEC projects, 2001 and 2002.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 08' 00.0" S
-73.13333°
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Longitude:
169° 10' 00.0" E
169.16667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
12-Sep-2005

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