Name details

Alligator Ridge

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140010

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 spectacular serrated rock ridge, extending northeast for 3km from just north of Alligator Peak in the Boomerang Range into Skelton Névé.

Named For

Mapped and named for its shape by the 1957-58 New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956-58.

Location

Latitude:
78° 27' 17.6" S
-78.45490°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
158° 46' 25.1" E
158.77365°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1537 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 19_35 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:
24-Jul-1959

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