Casey Range

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

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

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Place ID: 2381
Name ID: 123353

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A jagged, razor-backed ridge and a few nunataks in a line extending N-S, standing 8 mi W of David Range, in the Framnes Mountains. Discovered by the BANZARE, 1929-31, under Mawson, who named it for Rt. Hon. Richard G. Casey.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 47' 00.0" S
-67.78333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 12' 00.0" E
62.20000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Doug McVeigh 2004
Catalogue id
IA4366
Caption
Casey Range viewed from the fast ice
Photographer
McVeigh, Doug

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:
1-Jan-1947

Related information

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