Name details

Harriss Ridge

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2342

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

An east-west ridge with two small outliers off its western end, 4 km ENE of Mount Dovers in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after B.Harriss, helicopter pilot with the Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1969.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 08' 28.3" S
-70.14119°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
65° 06' 39.6" E
65.11100°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E151_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:20000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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