Muskeg Gap

Muskeg Gap (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Muskeg Gap  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 10017
Name ID: 110282

Feature type: Pass

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

E-W pass at N end of Sobral Peninsula, Nordenskjöld Coast, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1960-61; in association with the names in this area of pioneers of overland mechanical transport and with Bombardier Glacier (q.v.), named after the Bombardier Muskeg tractor (APC, 1964, p.4; BAS 250 sheet SQ 21-22/1 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1974).

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Location

Latitude:
64° 25' 00.0" S
-64.41667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
59° 41' 00.0" W
-59.68333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
12-Feb-1964

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