Name details

Wilson's Stone Igloo

Wilson's Stone Igloo (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Wilson's Stone Igloo  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139285

Feature type: Historic

Origin

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

Narrative

Historic site being the remains of a stone hut, at Igloo Spur, Cape Crozier, Ross Island. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF16

Named For

Historic Monument No.21 under the Antarctic Treaty System. The remains of the stone hut constructed in 1911 by Dr Edward Wilson, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and Henry Robertson Bowers on a winter journey to collect Emperor Penguin eggs, under the Terra Nova expedition (1910-13). At the time Cherry-Gerrard recorded proposed names 'Oriana Hut' (for the naturalist Oriana Wilson, wife of Edward Adrian Wilson), 'Terra Igloo' (appears also as Terror Igloo), 'Bleak House', and 'The House on the Hill'. The NZGSAE (New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition), 1958-59 later named the surrounding rocky outcrop Igloo Spur by association.

Location

Latitude:
77° 31' 50.3" S
-77.53065°
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Longitude:
169° 17' 48.5" E
169.29681°
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Altitude:
162 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
10200100108F3000
Source Scale:
1:1889.76
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
19-Dec-2019

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