Name details

Dromedary Platform

Dromedary Platform (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Dromedary Platform  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139146

Feature type: Platform

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Broad relatively flat elevated area west of, and above Pyramid Trough.

Named For

Named by VUWAE 4 1960-61 (Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition) in association with Mount Dromedary. First named on 'Geological Map of the Koettliz-Blue Glacier Region' 1963.

Location

Latitude:
78° 17' 56.3" S
-78.29898°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 21' 02.3" E
163.35063°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
555 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MH10
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates also checked against REMA 8m mosaic tile 18_34. Height at reference point.

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
24-May-2018

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