Name details

East Groin

East Groin (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

East Groin  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139569

Feature type: Ridge

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

Narrow rock spur that forms the east wall of Flory Cirque, extended for approximately 2.8km from Mattox Bastion on the south side of Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF07

Named For

The descriptive name was given by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1976 and is in association with the nearby West Groin, named by the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE) (1910-13) under Captain Robert F. Scott.

Location

Latitude:
77° 38' 44.9" S
-77.64582°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 56' 49.4" E
160.94707°
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Altitude:
1678 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

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
4-Nov-1976

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