Name details

Granite Pillars

Granite Pillars (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Granite Pillars  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139503

Feature type: Pillar

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

Initially called Cathedral Rocks. Conspicuous ice-free rock pillars at the west side of lower Beardmore Glacier, 3.4km east of Mount Ida in the Queen Alexandra Range.

Named For

Discovered by BrAE (1907-09), and first named the "Cathedral Rocks," but changed later to avoid confusion with a feature of that name in the Royal Society Range.

Location

Latitude:
83° 36' 00.0" S
-83.60000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
170° 45' 00.0" E
170.75000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
839 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:
102001005A18F100
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:
1-Jan-1958

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