Name details

The Palisades

Palisades, The (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

The Palisades  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140030

Feature type: Cliff

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 steep escarpment at the west side of Cotton Plateau in Queen Elizabeth Range, overlooking Marsh Glacier and Nimrod Glacier. Feature depicted on: NZMS 166 SU56-60/10 (May 1964).

Named For

Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) and named because of the resemblance to a protective wall at the junction of two rivers.

Location

Latitude:
82° 50' 00.0" S
-82.83333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
159° 10' 00.0" E
159.16667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1890 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 23_33 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-May-2018

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