Name details

Rigui Glaciated Lowland

Rigui Glaciated Lowland (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rigui Glaciated Lowland  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Chile Gazetteer Id 140420

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from China. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Chinese show the name as Rigui Bingxiadidi Extremities (Min Latitude) Latitude = 70°17'S; Longitude = 85°20'E; Elevation = -51 m Extremities (Max Latitude) Latitude = 66°49'S; Longitude = 88°12'E; Elevation = -602 m

Named For

Rigui is an instrument used in ancient China to measure time by observing the position of the shadow of the sun. It consists of a disk and a pointer. Rigui is an important invention in the process of ancient Chinese people's understanding of nature and the crystallization of human wisdom. This glaciated lowland covers a wide area, with only a prominent highland in the central, resembling a Rigui, so it is named "Rigui Glaciated Lowland".

Location

Latitude:
67° 49' 00.0" S
-67.81667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
86° 07' 00.0" E
86.11667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Accurate to -33.664063m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Field work November, 2015 to April 2020
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
State Council of the People
Source Person:
Prof. Dr. Ai Songtao, ast@whu.edu.cn
Source Publisher:
Polar Research Institute of China
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Apr-2020

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