Name details

Hannon Hill

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139630

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 bare rock hill 1109m on the west side of the terminus of Amos Glacier, at the juncture with Blue Glacier, in Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF10

Named For

Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Timothy J. Hannon, cartographer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Leader of the two man U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team working jointly out of Vanda Station with a New Zealand team in the 1988-89 season to establish new geodetic controls and observe old stations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Relocated the position of the Geographic South Pole.

Location

Latitude:
77° 49' 47.3" S
-77.82981°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 38' 32.2" E
163.64227°
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Altitude:
1109 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF10 : 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 18_34

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Sep-1992

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