Name details

Hangar Cove

Hangar Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hangar Cove  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 140235

Feature type: Cove

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Cove to the west of the northern end of the runway at Rothera Research Station, bounded by ice cliffs of Wormald Ice Piedmont to the west.

Named For

Named descriptively from the proximity to the aircraft hangar at the station.

Location

Latitude:
67° 33' 51.8" S
-67.56440°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
68° 07' 40.1" W
-68.12780°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Landsat-8 image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
Source Identifier:
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Source Scale:
1:30 m resolution
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
UK APC
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
25-Mar-2021

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