Hengduan Shangu

Hengduan Shangu (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hengduan Shangu  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 6255
Name ID: 106570

Feature type: Valley

Origin

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

Narrative

A wildlife reserve starts from the Great Wall Station, trends to the west coast with a direction of northwest. It's about 2.5 km long, across the Fildes Peninsula. The rough terrains on the both sides make the valley floor formed like a deep and long channel , stands at an elevation about 30~40 meters. It was named when aerial photos surveying and mapping in February, 1986.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 12' 41.8" S
-62.21161°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
58° 58' 41.6" W
-58.97821°
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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

Related information

Biodiversity
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