Name details

Belgica Subglacial Highlands

Belgica Subglacial Highlands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Belgica Subglacial Highlands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2512

Feature type: Subglacial mountains

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Narrative

The subglacial highlands within the Australian Antarctic Territory near the eastern boundary with Terre Adilie and south-east of Dome Circe. It runs north-south and separates the Wilkes Subglacial Basin form the Peacock Subglacial Trench and Adventure Subglacial Trench. Discovered and mapped by radio echo sounding by the Scott Polar Research Institute. Named after the Belgica the ship of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99 under Lieutenant AVJ de Gerlache de Gomery, later Baron de Gerlache de Gomery.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
76° 30' 00.0" S
-76.50000°
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Longitude:
129° 00' 00.0" E
129.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
26-Jul-1983

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