Name details

Lands End Nunataks

Lands End Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Lands End Nunataks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139927

Feature type: Nunatak

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

Two rock nunataks 4.5km north-northwest of Mount Kathleen at the north end of Ebony Ridge. The nunataks lie at the east side of the terminus of Beardmore Glacier and mark the northern termination of Commonwealth Range at Ross Ice Shelf.

Named For

The descriptive name was recommended to Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) by John Gunner of the Ohio State University Institute of Polar Studies, who, with Henry H. Brecher, measured a geological section here on Jan. 16, 1970.

Location

Latitude:
83° 43' 00.0" S
-83.71667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
172° 37' 00.0" E
172.61667°
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Altitude:
434 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
1020010056D47E00
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height on higher nunatak

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
11-Sep-1970

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