Name details

Southern Cross Mountains

Southern Cross Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Southern Cross Mountains  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139533

Feature type: Range

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

The group of ranges lying between Mariner Glacier and Priestley Glacier in Victoria Land, including Deep Freeze Range, the Illusion Hills, and Mesa Range.

Named For

Seaward parts of this area were first viewed by Ross in 1841 and subsequently by expeditions led by Borchgrevink, Scott, Shackleton and Byrd. The precise mapping of its overall features was accomplished from U.S. Navy air photographs and surveys by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. Named by the NZ-APNC in consultation with the northern party of NZGSAE, 1965-66.

Location

Latitude:
73° 40' 00.0" S
-73.66667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
164° 00' 00.0" E
164.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
2023 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
NZMS 135 Ross Sea Regions
Source Identifier:
1970 : 2nd ed
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Lands and Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Apr-1966

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