Pearson Spur

Pearson Spur (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Pearson Spur  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 11008
Name ID: 110540

Feature type: Spur

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

extending SE from Elgar Uplands towards the head of Sibelius Glacier, N Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and roughly mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959 (DOS 610 sheet W 69 70, 1960); following surveys by BAS, 1973-77, named after Martin Robert Pearson (b. 1948), BAS glaciologist, 1970-73, who worked in Alexander Island, 1971-72 (APC, 1980, p.5).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 43' 00.0" S
-69.71667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
70° 25' 00.0" W
-70.41667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

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:
11-Jun-2008

Related information

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