Name details

Lazzara Ledge

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135674

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 at 1950m on the northeast of Mount Dragovan in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. The ledge comprises the central part of the divide between Haselton Glacier and Wreath Valley. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME07

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) after Matthew A. Lazzara of the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Antarctic Meteorological Research Center field team, who worked in the McMurdo Station area and at other Antarctic locations in eight summer seasons, 1994-2004.

Location

Latitude:
77° 22' 35.5" S
-77.37654°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 45' 52.6" E
160.76460°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1958 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 17_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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