Name details

Mixon Rocks

Mixon Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mixon Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139406

Feature type: Rock

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

Rock outcrops about 4.5km west of Tilman Ridge in the Allan Hills. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MC06

Named For

Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). Named after Dr William A. Mixon, a U.S. Navy medical officer who treated an injured member of the expedition.

Location

Latitude:
76° 42' 29.5" S
-76.70820°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
159° 23' 08.5" E
159.38570°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1897 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
1117065
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height on western rock

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Jul-1965

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