Ford Ranges

Ford Ranges (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Ford Ranges  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 4809
Name ID: 125270

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

The mountain groups and ranges standing E of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the NW part of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the ByrdAE on Dec. 5, 1929, and named by Byrd for Edsel Ford of the Ford Motor Co., who helped finance the expedition.

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Location

Latitude:
77° 00' 00.0" S
-77.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
144° 00' 00.0" W
-144.00000°
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:
1-Jan-1966

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