Name details

Henry Mesa

Henry Mesa (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Henry Mesa  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140357

Feature type: Mesa

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 distinctive wedge-shaped mesa about 5km across at its northern end and 5.5km north to south, approximately 20km west of Anthony Bluff at Mulock Glacier. The ice-covered summit, about 1500m above sea level, is flat except for a cirque, which indents the northern side.

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Captain B.R. Henry, USCG, commander of USCGC Eastwind during U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze 1964 and commander of the US ship group during USN Operation Deep Freeze 1965. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy.

Location

Latitude:
79° 05' 00.0" S
-79.08333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
159° 04' 00.0" E
159.06667°
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Altitude:
1396 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 19_35 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:
Official
Date approved:
20-May-1965

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