Name details

Shield Nunatak

Shield Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Shield Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139457

Feature type: Nunatak

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 nunatak with multiple volcanic cones standing at the east side of the terminus of Campbell Glacier on the north shore of Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land.

Named For

This feature was so named by the NZGSAE, 1965-66, because it looks like an old Viking shield.

Location

Latitude:
74° 33' 30.8" S
-74.55856°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
164° 30' 12.1" E
164.50337°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
327 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 14_35 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height atop nunatak

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
14-Nov-1967

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