Raymond Ice Ridge

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

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

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Place ID: 17543
Name ID: 136287

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

An ice ridge between Bindschadler Ice Stream and Kamb Ice Stream on Siple Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Siple Dome is at the W end of the ridge. Named by US-ACAN after Charles F. Raymond, Geophysics Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, who studied the glacial history and evolution of the Marie Byrd Land ice stream system, with work on Siple Dome and the adjacent Bindschadler and Kamb Ice Streams in several field seasons, 1994-2002.

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Location

Latitude:
81° 35' 00.0" S
-81.58333°
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Longitude:
135° 00' 00.0" W
-135.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Scale:
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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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2003

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