Name details

Dipboye Cirque

Dipboye Cirque (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Dipboye Cirque  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135636

Feature type: Cirque (15)

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 cirque on the south side of Olympus Range between Apollo Peak and Mount Electra in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. The cirque opens south to the Labyrinth and Minotaur Pass on the north side gives pass to Wall Valley. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME07

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Richard L. Dipboye, PHI helicopter pilot with United States Antarctic Program (USAP) in eight consecutive field seasons from 1996-97.

Location

Latitude:
77° 30' 00.0" S
-77.50000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 50' 00.0" E
160.83333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1484 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
ME07 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
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:
3-Mar-2005

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