Name details

Harper Ridge

Harper Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Harper Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 136075

Feature type: Ridge (2d)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A nearly ice-free ridge, 2 mi long and rising to over 1800 m. It extends N from the central part of Finger Ridges, Cook Mountains, toward Yamagata Ridge. Named after Doyal A. Harper of the University of Chicago, Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, WI, director of the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica at South Pole Station for several years from 1991.

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Location

Latitude:
79° 09' 00.0" S
-79.15000°
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Longitude:
156° 57' 00.0" E
156.95000°
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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:
1-Jan-2001

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