Name details

Sansom Ridge

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2307

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

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

Narrative

An ice ridge about 19.3 km wide and about 32.2 km long just east of Jetty Peninsula on the western side of the Amery Ice Shelf. The ridge has a maximum height of 348 m. It was discovered by the ANARE Amery Ice Shelf party led by Max J Corry in 1968.

Named For

Named after Dr. J. Sansom, a member of the Amery party.

Location

Latitude:

70° 50' 00.0" S

-70.83331°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

69° 00' 00.0" E

69.00000°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

Unknown

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