Name details

South Beacon

South Beacon (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

South Beacon  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139538

Feature type: Butte

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 summit of a bold, flat-topped ridge rising to 2211m in the south part of Beacon Heights, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. A ridge system connects South Beacon with West Beacon, 2.9km north, and East Beacon, 3km northeast. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF07

Named For

So named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) following geological work here by C.T. McElroy, G. Rose, and K.J. Whitby in 1980-81

Location

Latitude:
77° 51' 00.0" S
-77.85000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 47' 00.0" E
160.78333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
2211 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF07 : Edition 1.01 Published 2013
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates also checked against REMA 8m tile 18_35

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
17-Dec-1981

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