Name details

Griffith Ridge

Griffith Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Griffith Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139868

Feature type: Ridge

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 ridge 7.5km long in the Bowers Mountains, just within the mouth of Champness Glacier, where the latter joins the larger Lillie Glacier.

Named For

Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Harry G. Griffith, U.S. Navy (USN), public works officer at McMurdo Station, 1967.

Location

Latitude:
71° 21' 48.6" S
-71.36349°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
164° 23' 23.5" E
164.38985°
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Altitude:
1143 m
Unknown precision

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 11_36 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:
28-May-1969

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