Name details

Hopkins Nunataks

Hopkins Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hopkins Nunataks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 136668

Feature type: None recorded.

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 group of three nunataks rising to 2180m at the head of Cambridge 2d, between the Coombs Hills and Convoy Range, Victoria Land. The nunataks extend west-east 2.5km and rise about 50m above Cambridge 2d. Topographic map: Cambridge 2d (1:50,000). Named by US-ACAN (2007) after Steve Hopkins who worked several seasons at McMurdo Station, first as a cargo handler loading and unloading C-141 and C-130 aircraft later attaining the lead supervisory cargo position. He was injured during the 2001-02 season in a helicopter crash at Lake Fryzell while working as Lead Helo-tech for helicopter operations.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
76° 46' 00.0" S
-76.76667°
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Longitude:
160° 24' 00.0" E
160.40000°
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Altitude:
2180 m
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Images

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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

new adopted name (Wendy, 13.6.08)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Apr-2008

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