Name details

Baggott Ridge

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2319

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 low ridge, mostly snow-covered, extending in an east-west direction just north of Mount Bensley in the western extension of the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by R.H. Lacey, surveyor at Mawson in 1955, and aerial photography by ANARE in 1959 and 1965.

Named For

Named after Peter James Baggott, radio officer at Mawson in 1965.

Location

Latitude:
70° 18' 58.1" S
-70.31614°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
64° 20' 05.7" E
64.33492°
Accurate to 150m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E132_CIR_432_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
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:
10-Aug-1966

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