Name details

Scheuren Stream

Scheuren Stream (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Scheuren Stream  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140411

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

A meltwater stream 2km west of Gneiss Point on the coast of Victoria Land. It issues from the front of Wilson Piedmont Glacier and drains northward to the Bay of Sails. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME10

Named For

The stream was studied by Robert L. Nichols, geologist for Metcalf and Eddy, Engineers, Boston, MA, which made engineering studies here under contract to the U.S. Navy in 1957-58 season. Named by Nichols for John J. Scheuren, Jr., chief of Metcalf and Eddy's field party.

Location

Latitude:
77° 23' 59.1" S
-77.39974°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 39' 13.6" E
163.65377°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
11 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
101001000CA50C00
Source Scale:
1:1889.76
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:
28-Mar-1968

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