Name details

Webb Subglacial Trench

Webb Subglacial Trench (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Webb Subglacial Trench  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2516

Feature type: Subglacial trench

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

The trench is within the Australian Antarctic Territory on the north-west side of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin. The trench runs NE-SW and is separated from the main part of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin by the Southern Cross Subglacial Highlands. Discovered and mapped by radio echo sounding by the Scott Polar Research Institute.

Named For

Named after Major Eric Norman Webb, DSO, MC (1890-1984), magnetician with the Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14.

Location

Latitude:
70° 00' 00.0" S
-70.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
146° 00' 00.0" E
146.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Dec-1982

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