Name details

Pickard Ridge

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2327

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

The ridge in the Vestfold Hills is irregular with a NNW-SSE orientation about 2.5 km long with an average width of about 0.6 km in the south and about 1 km in the north. Part of the feature is bounded by the 25 m contour which marks an old beach level. The ridge has an elevation of about 40 - 50m in the south rising to a little below 70 m in the north. It consists of ancient Precambrian rock and separates Marine Plain from Poseidon Basin and its southern extension. As defined Pickard Ridge includes a small isolated outcrop south of the ridge proper and separated from it by a 100 m gap.

Named For

It is named after John Pickard who wintered at Davis and who did initial studies describing the area and establishing its significance. John is the author of Antarctic Oasis the first attempt at a comprehensive synthesis of the evolution of the region in glacial times.

Location

Latitude:
68° 37' 20.0" S
-68.62222°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 08' 40.0" E
78.14444°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
70 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA21972
Caption
Pickard Ridge, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking North.
Photographer
Reynolds, Belinda

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( vest_hills_gis - Vestfold Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Apr-1995

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