Voigt Ledge

Voigt Ledge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Voigt Ledge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 18496
Name ID: 136782

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A flat-topped ridge that rises to 2000 meters between the head of Greenville Valley and Merrell Valley in Convoy Range, Victoria Land. The relatively level upper surface of the ledge is 3 miles long by 1.5 miles wide, tapering in the north. It stands 500 meters above the adjoining valleys. Named by US-ACAN (2008) after Donald E. Voigt of the Department of Geosciences and Penn State Ice and Climate Exploration Center, Pennsylvania State University, who carried out research in glaciology, geophysics and seismology in diverse parts of Antarctica, including the Transantarctic Mountains, in 12 field seasons 1995-2008.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
76° 48' 00.0" S
-76.80000°
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Longitude:
160° 48' 00.0" E
160.80000°
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Altitude:
2000 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
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

new feature (R.Payne, 29.10.08)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
21-Oct-2008

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