Name details

Peterson Terrace

Peterson Terrace (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Peterson Terrace  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135700

Feature type: Terrace (2h)

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 gently inclined, mostly ice-free area c. 2.5km² between Gaisser Valley and LaBelle Valley, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The terrace rises to 1250m, 750m above Barwick Valley and Lake Vashka, close at south. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME08

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) after Jeffrey B. Peterson, Physics Department, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Astrophysics research at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, 14 field seasons 1988-2005.

Location

Latitude:
77° 19' 40.0" S
-77.32778°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 11' 30.0" E
161.19167°
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Altitude:
1190 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
ME08 : Edition 1.01 Published 2014
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:
20-Oct-2005

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