Name details

Hess Mesa

Hess Mesa (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hess Mesa  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139572

Feature type: Mesa

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 small mesa of the Inland Forts that surmounts the divide between Koenig Valley and Mudrey Cirque in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF07

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for L.O. Hess, Master of U.S. Naval Ship (USNS) Maumee in the Ross Sea Ship Group during Operation Deep Freeze 1970 and 1971.

Location

Latitude:
77° 37' 52.6" S
-77.63128°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 48' 27.7" E
160.80770°
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Altitude:
2133 m
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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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