Name details

Washington Ridge

Washington Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Washington Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139420

Feature type: Ridge

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 high ridge approximately 4km long generally trending north-south, and surmounted by three prominent peaks, in the Rockefeller Mountains in King Edward VII Land.

Named For

Originally discovered by Byrd AE, 1928-30, on 18 February 1929 and named Mount Helen Washington for his niece, Mrs Helen Ames Washington. US-ACAN altered the name to Washington Ridge in 1966 when mapping the area at 1:250k scale.

Location

Latitude:
78° 07' 04.4" S
-78.11789°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
155° 11' 46.5" W
-155.19626°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
313 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 19_25 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates also checked against 0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018 : 103001002C5C8900. Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
29-Jun-1967

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