Aurora Heights

Aurora Heights (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Aurora Heights  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 642
Name ID: 139547

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Prominent heights approximately 9km long northeast to southwest, bordering the north side of Argosy Glacier in the Miller Range.

Named For

Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for the Aurora, the ship of the Ross Sea Party of the British Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17).

Location

Latitude:
83° 07' 00.0" S
-83.11667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
157° 05' 00.0" E
157.08333°
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Altitude:
2122 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 24_33 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height on highest nunatak

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
16-Nov-1965

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