Name details

Fox Ridge

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2349

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 McLeod Massif in the eastern part of the Aramis Range in the Prince Charles Mountains, about 8 km west of Beaver Lake. Mapped from ANARE air photographs. The feature was the site of a tellurometer station during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1969. Named after J. Fox, technical officer (Survey), the leader of one of the survey parties in the Prince Charles Mountains.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 46' 43.3" S
-70.77869°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
67° 53' 01.7" E
67.88381°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
1148 m
Accurate to 50m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
AADC Survey Control Database
Source Identifier:
Survey Control ( NMS148 - Fox Ridge)
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic FDivision
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
National Mapping
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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