Banbian Shan

Banbian Shan (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Banbian Shan  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 853
Name ID: 106514

Feature type: Hill

Origin

This name originates from China. It is part of the China Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A hill between Chile's Marsh Station on King George Island and Adélie Land. One side of the hill which faces the sea collapsed and mostly removed half of the hill. In February, 1986, when surveyor E Dongchen install the deformation motoring network, he named one motoring site for Banbian Shan. It was named when aerial surveying and mapping in 1986.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 12' 21.4" S
-62.20595°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
58° 57' 12.6" W
-58.95349°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

Coordinates, date named and narrative updated as of request by Songtao Ai of 5 June 2015 (J. Muller)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
2-Jan-1986

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