Worcester Summit

Worcester Summit (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Worcester Summit  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 16213
Name ID: 133849

Feature type: Glacier (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

The crest of a ridge rising to c. 2,030 m at the E end of Jaeger Table, Dufek Massif, in the Pensacola Mountains (q.v.). Named by US-ACAN in 1979 after Robin D. Worcester who, with David W. Bennett, comprised the first of the annual USGS satellite surveying teams at the South Pole Station, winter party 1973.

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Location

Latitude:
82° 36' 00.0" S
-82.60000°
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Longitude:
52° 22' 00.0" W
-52.36667°
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Altitude:
2030 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
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Date approved:
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