Name details

Ivory Tower

Ivory Tower (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Ivory Tower  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139611

Feature type: Peak

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 peak rising to c.850m, 2.7km east of Fadden Peak, between Harold Byrd Mountains and Bender Mountains.

Named For

The peak was visited by a U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) - Arizona State University geological party, 1977-78, and so named from its composition of nearly all white marble.

Location

Latitude:
85° 28' 10.3" S
-85.46952°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
142° 23' 22.5" W
-142.38959°
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Altitude:
838 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
103001004C04D800
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

NULL

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
17-Dec-1981

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