Name details

Martin Ridge

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2323

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 rock ridge on the southern side of the Amery Peaks in the Prince Charles Mountains. The ridge has a narrow connection to the main rock outcrop of the Amery Peaks. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after G.T. Martin, electronics engineer at Mawson in 1965.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 41' 41.0" S
-70.69472°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
67° 21' 58.0" E
67.36611°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E132-RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:30000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic FDivision
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United Sates Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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