Name details

Goorkha Craters

Goorkha Craters (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Goorkha Craters  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140031

Feature type: Crater

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 line of snow-free coastal hills 11km long southeast to northwest, and east of Cooper Nunatak between Carlyon Glacier and Darwin Glacier. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MM07; NZMS 166 ST57-60/13 (December 1965)

Named For

Discovered and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) (1901-04). Exact derivation unknown, but probably archaic spelling of 'Gurkha'. Other features were named by the BrNAE along these lines such as Kukri Hills, for the Gurkha knife.

Location

Latitude:
79° 45' 00.0" S
-79.75000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
159° 34' 00.0" E
159.56667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1087 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MM07 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
24-May-2018

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