Name details

Johnstone Ridge

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2304

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 ridge about 13 km long, extending northwards from Mount Olympus towards the southern side of Hatherton Glacier on the western side of Lieske Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after G.W. Johnstone, a New Zealand auroral scientist at Byrd Station during the winter of 1962, who also served as warehouseman at McMurdo Station during the winter of 1964.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
80° 07' 59.9" S
-80.13330°
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Longitude:
156° 40' 00.1" E
156.66670°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
27-Aug-1975

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