Name details

Pfitzner Junction

Pfitzner Junction (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Pfitzner Junction  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Informal Antarctic/sub-Antarctic Gazetteer Id 137119

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Informal Antarctic/sub-Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

Pfitzner was the glaciologist who did the second survey of the triangle net in 1966. Named by members of the expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 13' 34.0" S
-66.22611°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
111° 12' 30.0" E
111.20833°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

Map

Source

Location Method:
Hand-held GPS
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Information from Marty Benavente, Senior FTO, captured with handheld GPS. 2005

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
Unknown

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