Poste Valley

Poste Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Poste Valley  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 11511
Name ID: 110683

Feature type: Valley

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.

Narrative

ice-filled valley running SSE-NNW into Palestrina Glacier, N Alexander Island, between Mount Braun and Landers Peaks, was surveyed by BAS from "Fossil Bluff", 1975-76; in association with other FAE names in this area, named after C. Poste, Second Engineer in Franc ais of FAE, 1903-05, and in Pourquoi-Pas? of FAE, 1908-10 (APC, 1980, p.5).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 27' 00.0" S
-69.45000°
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Longitude:
71° 17' 00.0" W
-71.28333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
11-Jun-2008

Related information

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