Name details

Colosseum Cliff

Colosseum Cliff (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Colosseum Cliff  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139347

Feature type: Cliff

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

An impressive banded cliff located between Sykes Glacier and the doleritic rock of Plane Table in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF08

Named For

The descriptive name was applied by the NZ-APC.

Location

Latitude:
77° 36' 01.9" S
-77.60052°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 26' 18.8" E
161.43855°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1648 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
1020010018A94E00
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates also compared against REMA 2m strip DEM SETSM_WV02_20150208_103001003E8F5E00_103001003D5CFE00_seg1_2m_v1.0_dem. Height at reference Point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Aug-1972

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