Name details

Heaphy Spur

Heaphy Spur (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Heaphy Spur  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139378

Feature type: Spur

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 prominent, curved, rock spur, 7.5km long, which descends from the southern side of Clare Range and divides the névé of Victoria Upper Glacier, in Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MD08

Named For

Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1947-62. Named by US-ACAN (1974) after William Heaphy, a New Zealand citizen who, over the past 10 years, participated in the U.S. Antarctic Research Program.

Location

Latitude:
77° 14' 23.9" S
-77.23997°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 15' 02.6" E
161.25073°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1505 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MD08 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Oct-1974

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