Name details

Andersen Creek

Andersen Creek (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Andersen Creek  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140303

Feature type: Watercourse

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

Meltwater stream flowing southwest around the west side of Canada Glacier into the northeast corner of Lake Hoare in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF09

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1996 after Dale T. Andersen, NASA limnologist, who established the camp at the base of the stream in 1978 and has conducted limnological studies in the area from that time. He participated in the first scuba diving investigations in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Location

Latitude:
77° 37' 15.6" S
-77.62101°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 54' 24.9" E
162.90693°
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Altitude:
86 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
McMurdo Dry Valleys LiDAR 2014-15
Source Identifier:
NCALM_DV_LiDAR_TaylorValley_Middle_1m
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
19-Apr-2021

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