Name details

Crary Knoll

Crary Knoll (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Crary Knoll  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139684

Feature type: Knoll

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 symmetrical ice-covered knoll rising to 1519m, 4.4km south of the top of Holmes Block, between Ruecroft Glacier and Schutt Glacier in the Skelton Glacier area, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MH08

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994. The toponym provides a historical footnote that U.S. scientist Albert P. Crary (Crary Ice Rise, q.v.) led geophysical traverses past this feature to the Polar Plateau en route to the South Pole and other destinations.

Location

Latitude:
78° 15' 33.6" S
-78.25935°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 36' 47.6" E
161.61322°
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Altitude:
1519 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MH08 : 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_35

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Nov-1994

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