Name details

Favreau Pillar

Favreau Pillar (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Favreau Pillar  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139359

Feature type: Pillar

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 pillar rock lying close to the east of Foyn Island in the Possession Islands.

Named For

Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1958-63. Named by US-ACAN for Robert D. Favreau, USMC, Navigator on the USN Squadron VX-6 flight of Jan. 18, 1958, at the time this feature was photographed.

Location

Latitude:
71° 57' 13.3" S
-71.95369°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
171° 07' 08.6" E
171.11906°
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Altitude:
64 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:
1020010017352A00
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height from LINZ Hydrographic Chart NZ 14907

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
4-Dec-1968

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