Name details

Worsley Icefalls

Worsley Icefalls (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Worsley Icefalls  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139489

Feature type: Icefall

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

Icefalls in the upper part of Nimrod Glacier, south of the Geologists Range. The steepest areas drop over 150m over approximately 600m distance.

Named For

Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961-62) after F.A. Worsley, a member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-16) and the Shackleton - Rowett Antarctic Expedition (1921-22).

Location

Latitude:
82° 56' 35.2" S
-82.94312°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
155° 00' 03.0" E
155.00082°
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Altitude:
1825 m
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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 24_34 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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