Name details

Cape Russell

Russell, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Russell  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139817

Feature type: Cape

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 rock cape in Terra Nova Bay along the coast of Victoria Land, forming the south extremity of the Northern Foothills, at Terra Nova Bay. Approximately 4.3km from Smitch Point on the opposite side of Evans Cove.

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander R.E. Russell, USN, officer in charge of the helicopter unit aboard the icebreaker Glacier in this area during U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz), 1958-59.

Location

Latitude:
74° 53' 55.7" S
-74.89881°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 54' 39.1" E
163.91087°
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Altitude:
30 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 15_35 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
14-Nov-1967

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