Wenchenggongzhu Di

Wenchenggongzhu Di (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Wenchenggongzhu Di  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 15885
Name ID: 106698

Feature type: Land

Origin

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

Narrative

Located on the expedition route from Zhongshan Station to Dome A, it is an ice cap area at 78°S-79°S, and elevation of the surface is about 3,500m. It is 980km from Zhongshan Station. Quite near the peak of the south pole ice cap, there's very little space and the expedition team were having a hard time moving on. Seeing from the satellite map, large amount of ice ridge runs from east to west, which is quite magnificent. It was named when satellite images surveying and mapping in 2000.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
78° 08' 00.0" S
-78.13333°
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Longitude:
76° 00' 00.0" E
76.00000°
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Altitude:
3500 m
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

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

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2000

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