Name details

Cook Ridge

Cook Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cook Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2282

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A north-south trending ridge, mostly ice-covered, which extends into the south-east corner of Davies Bay, Oates Land. It has three prominent peaks. First visited in March 1961 by an ANARE airborn survey party from the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named after D Cook, surveyor with the Expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 23' 23.5" S
-69.38986°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
158° 33' 46.5" E
158.56292°
Accurate to 150m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
E103_RGB_321x1
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Nov-1961

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