Name details

DeRemer Nunataks

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139943

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 nunataks centred approximately 8km south of Mount Blowaway in the Wilson Hills.

Named For

Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Yoeman First Class Dennis L. DeRemer, U.S. Navy (USN), who served with the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, February 1967 to July 1970.

Location

Latitude:
69° 45' 00.0" S
-69.75000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
158° 09' 00.0" E
158.15000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1065 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:
103001000826BE00
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point, higher nunatak c.1261m

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Jul-1971

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