Name details

Prescott Spur

Prescott Spur (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Prescott Spur  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 136679

Feature type: Spur (2f)

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 rock spur running northwest-southeast for approximately 5km, rising to 1270m, between Robson Glacier and Pyne Glacier in Gonville and Caius Range, Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MD09

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2007) after BU2 Richard J. Prescott, U.S. Navy (Seabees), who at the time was a member of the construction crew which built the original McMurdo Station, the original Beardmore Refuelling Station and the original South Pole Station in the 1955-57 pre-IGY period. He was also a sled dog handler at McMurdo and South Pole Stations.

Location

Latitude:
77° 05' 30.0" S
-77.09167°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 16' 30.0" E
162.27500°
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Altitude:
1130 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MD09 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
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:
15-May-2008

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