Luncke Ridge

Luncke Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Luncke Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 8726
Name ID: 128231

Feature type: Ridge (2d)

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 fairly prominent ridge on the northern side of the eastern extremity of Langnes Fjord in the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lar Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. It was seen in 1957 by an ANARE party and named for Bernhard Luncke, Norwegian cartographer who plotted the Vestfold Hills area for the Hansen Atlas.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 29' 00.0" S
-68.48333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 25' 00.0" E
78.41667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA21942
Caption
Luncke Ridge, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking Southwest.
Photographer
Reynolds, Belinda

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-1967

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