Bastien Range

Bastien Range (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bastien Range  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 986
Name ID: 122262

Feature type: Range (2c)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A mountain range of moderate height which extends in a NW-SE direction for about 40 mi, flanking the SW side of Nimitz Glacier and the Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas W. Bastien, geologist, leader of the helicopter supported University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963-64. Bastien was also a member of a party to the Ellsworth Mountains in 1961-62.

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Location

Latitude:
78° 50' 00.0" S
-78.83333°
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Longitude:
86° 00' 00.0" W
-86.00000°
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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:
1-Jan-1969

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