Name details

Welch Crag

Welch Crag (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Welch Crag  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135731

Feature type: Crag (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 steep rugged peak, which is marked by secondary spires rising to 1500m in the northeast tip of McSaveney Spur, Willett Range, Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME07

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) after Kathleen A. Welch, Department of Geology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. Team member in United States Antarctic Program (USAP) McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-Term Ecological Research, 11 field seasons 1994-2004.

Location

Latitude:
77° 17' 05.1" S
-77.28474°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 36' 06.2" E
160.60172°
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Altitude:
1665 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
McMurdo Dry Valleys LiDAR 2014-15
Source Identifier:
NCALM_DV_LiDAR_Northern_DV_North_1m
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-Oct-2005

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