Name details

Hercules Névé

Hercules Névé (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hercules Névé  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139379

Feature type: Neve

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 névé at the north margin of Mountaineer Range in Victoria Land. It is bounded by Deception Plateau, Astronaut Glacier, Retreat Hills, and feeds Mariner Glacier, Meander Glacier and Gair Glacier to the east.

Named For

Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1966-67, in appreciation of the party's transport into the field by U.S. Navy C-130 Hercules aircraft, also as an indication to future parties of a possible C-130 landing place.

Location

Latitude:
73° 04' 00.0" S
-73.06667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
165° 15' 00.0" E
165.25000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
2894 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 13_35 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
24-May-2018

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