Wuyue Bandao

Wuyue Bandao (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Wuyue Bandao  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 14795
Name ID: 106703

Feature type: Peninsula

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A large peninsula west of Rathman Hills . Its characteristic is that, on the peninsula, bare rock and ice covered almost half of the land while mountains on the peninsula are all below 100 meters above sea level. Named in 1993 while the terrain mapping.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 26' 11.1" S
-69.43643°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
76° 00' 33.3" E
76.00925°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
100 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Rick Oates 2009
Catalogue id
IA21830
Caption
Tonagh Promontory, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1800 feet. Looking West.
Photographer
Oates, Rick

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, 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-1993

Related information

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