Pearson Spur

Pearson Spur (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Pearson Spur  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 11008
Name ID: 129949

Feature type: Spur (2f)

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

Spur extending SE from Elgar Uplands toward the head of Sibelius Glacier, N Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by RARE in 1947, roughly mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959, and surveyed by BAS, 1973-77. Named by UK-APC in 1980 after Martin Robert Pearson, BAS glaciologist, 1970-73, who worked on Alexander Island, 1971-72.

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Location

Latitude:
69° 43' 00.0" S
-69.71667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
70° 25' 00.0" W
-70.41667°
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-1995

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