Name details

Lenticular Ridge

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 140186

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

A ridge approximately 1.7km long north of Lavett Bluff and west of 51 Glacier, Heard Island.

Named For

Scientists have noted that an elaborate display of orographic cloud types, including lenticular clouds, form at Heard Island.

Location

Latitude:
53° 10' 28.2" S
-53.17450°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
73° 32' 04.3" E
73.53454°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Digital Globe Imagery
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
J. Fleming
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
31-Mar-2021

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