Name details

Sneddon Nunataks

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139929

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

A group of coastal nunataks on the north side of King Edward VII Land, which overlook Swinburne Ice Shelf and Sulzberger Bay. They stand 20.3km southeast of Scott Nunataks in the northern part of Alexandra Mountains.

Named For

The nunataks appear on the map of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Donald L. Sneddon, U.S. Navy (USN), electronics technician with the Byrd Station winter party in 1967.

Location

Latitude:
77° 16' 47.3" S
-77.27981°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
153° 45' 34.3" W
-153.75954°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
512 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
102001001D408900
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:
15-Jul-1971

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