Name details

Reilly Ridge

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139906

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

Prominent rock ridge on the northeast side of Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains. From the heights just east of Mount Bernstein, the ridge trends northwest for 12.5km and forms a part of the east wall of MacKinnon Glacier.

Named For

Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Joseph L. Reilly, U.S. Navy (USN), officer in charge of the winter support party at McMurdo Station. 1964.

Location

Latitude:
71° 32' 00.0" S
-71.53333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 18' 00.0" E
163.30000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1443 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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