Name details

Magsig Rampart

Magsig Rampart (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Magsig Rampart  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 136180

Feature type: Wall (2f)

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

An outcropping of rock forming a buttress or rampart on the west flank of the Stanford Plateau along the Watson Escarpment. The buttress rises about 400 m above the east side of Leverett Glacier near the glacier head. Named by US-ACAN (2006) after Russell Magsig, a mechanic with the Siple Station winter party, 1983, who worked 16 summer seasons at Williams Field, South Pole Station, McMurdo Station, including participation on the U.S. Antarctic Program South Pole Traverse Project, 2002-05.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
85° 54' 00.0" S
-85.90000°
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Longitude:
142° 00' 00.0" W
-142.00000°
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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-2006

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