Wagner Ice Piedmont

Wagner Ice Piedmont (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Wagner Ice Piedmont  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 15637
Name ID: 133344

Feature type: Piedmont (12)

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

Ice piedmont, 9 mi long in a NW-SE direction and 4 mi wide, overlying the SW part of Rothschild Island. Observed and photographed from the air by the USAS, 1939-41. Mapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by the UK-APC for Richard Wagner (1813-1883), German composer.

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Location

Latitude:
69° 28' 00.0" S
-69.46667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
72° 38' 00.0" W
-72.63333°
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-1961

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