Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Porpoise Subglacial Highlands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Porpoise Subglacial Highlands (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: None recorded.
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:
A group of subglacial highlands to the W of Astrolabe Subglacial Basin, in the E part of Wilkes Land. The feature was delineated by the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and named after the Porpoise (Lt. C. Ringgold, USN), one of the ships of the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-42 (Lt. Charles Wilkes, USN).
No images of this place could be found.
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