Name details

Zakharoff Ridge

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2355

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 ridge with several peaks, mostly snow-covered, about 4 km south-east of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after O. Zakharoff, radio officer at Mawson in 1960.

Named For

O. Zakharoff, radio officer at Mawson in 1960

Location

Latitude:
72° 55' 03.6" S
-72.91767°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
75° 09' 04.1" E
75.15114°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Feature identified on georeferenced Quickbird (Digital Globe) image for determining accurate geographical coordinates.

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
29-Jul-1965

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