Name details

Vantage Hill

Vantage Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Vantage Hill  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139546

Feature type: Hill

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 flat-topped hill, c.2080 m above sea level and 300 m above the surrounding plateau, standing 18km southwest of Mount Henderson in the western part of Britannia Range. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MP04

Named For

The feature was the most southerly point reached by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1957-58), who gave it this name because of the splendid view it afforded.

Location

Latitude:
80° 16' 29.1" S
-80.27475°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
155° 22' 40.5" E
155.37791°
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Altitude:
2084 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MP04 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Coordinates also checked against REMA 8m tile 21_35

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
24-May-1961

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